"Today was the sort of day, that when reflected upon, is accredited to altering the trajectory of a man's life. The Crucible is most certainly a condition, or experience, designed solely for our betterment. However, the opposition comes with such ferocity and relentlessness that the experience therein could hardly be termed joyful. It against such opposition, engulfed in the flames, that we must reach a decision. We are afforded only few decisions throughout our lives, amidst the heat of the Crucible, that truly alter our destiny for joy or for sorrow. It is therefore necessary that we prepare to face our own dragons, so that when we are inevitably dragged into the valley of the shadow of death, we may come off conqueror." - July 10th. Surmise what you will from the opening excerpt of this email, but it sufficeth to say, that this week was far from the idyllic cornfields of Kentucky. When the opposition came, it came in bunches, but a particularly bleak weekend has yield...
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