There’s probably nothing more exhausting than fighting for what you believe in. I know, I know, my view is mostly contrarian, since it’s become an anecdotal fact that if you do something you believe in, it shouldn’t drain you to the point of inaction. The flip-side is, I suppose, that when you’ve expended a great amount of energy into something - physical, emotional, mental - things begin to take a toll.
I watched my friend scramble up the slopes of his career, and there were times when I wondered where he got the strength to keep going, keep at it. His answer, delivered in his immovable, laconic style, was: “My family”. It’s the way he’s said it. When he said it I looked for cues indicating if he did it for his family for real or not, and I couldn’t detect anything past his impassive face. I’m pretty sure family men know the full weight of that expression: “My family”.
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