Have faith: whatever the goal, the universe will provide lessons. Those lessons will either contain the growth to make you strong enough to accomplish the goal, or the wisdom to see a better goal.
Sometimes it's biochemistry. Sometimes it's old trauma still cycling through the nervous system. Sometimes it's a medical condition that needs tending. And sometimes, sometimes, it's the accurate perception of a world that asks too much and offers too little.
This isn't about reducing all distress to... See more