"I got a better sense of the load others had been carrying for me, the sacrifices they made for me— so I could follow my dreams. I can’t fully imagine what it’s like to live with me on a day-to-day basis, let alone be married to me all these years, but I’ve come to understand that it was not exactly easy on my wife, for one. **It’s been an uncomfortable process trying to make amends for that, but if we can’t stare at our own past, our own mistakes in the face, we’ll just go on continuing to make them**." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[self-reflection]], [[gratitude]] **Source** -- [[202409180127 - B - Right Thing, Right Now]]