Stumbling Can Be Lovely - Longreads

Cultivate an understanding that life is long, that people both change and remain the same, that every last one of us will need to fuck up and be forgiven, that we’re all just walking and walking and walking and trying to find our way, that all roads lead eventually to the mountaintop.

And if we see ourselves as fragile — as someone who can’t fall down and get back up, as someone who can’t tolerate a bit of discomfort — then it’s obvious that we’ll overestimate our challenges and strive to avoid any risk. So — what if we stopped believing that we’re some fragile little flower? What if we stopped lying to ourselves and began to se