today's mantra

"Learn from this. Grow from this. Let this be your lesson."

And when I did let that idea sink in and do what my friend L. says, sep-a-rat-e, something good happens. And the weather outside is amazing and makes me want to hiking. And hiking isn't far off from a useful metaphor for stuff right now. It's just another moutain in life and I'm putting on my climbing shoes.