THE FUSE

Now that you have read the title, you might be thinking, “Oh no, not one of these feel-good articles.” And before you think I am advocating for participation trophies, artificial optimism, or the belief that everyone deserves first-place recognition, I am not. I actually believe struggle, difficulty, and failure build character. Somewhere I heard, “If every day is a sunny day, then what’s a sunny day?” There is wisdom in that question. We only recognize a sunny day because we have experienced rain, clouds, and storms.