^^This!!!!

I think it's when seeing each other get on the other side of those roughest times on this forum that I feel most hopeful. @Victoria'smom, I want to thank you and just let you know that you're a big reason I'm looking into how to get myself back to school for something I've been interested in on and off for a long time. I love the perseverance. I know it's annoying--I was in a group where they always commended me on "perseverance" because, what? Because I was alive? Did I have another choice? I saw something on reddit or something where someone said "wow, look at that tree growing even though there's a fence in the way, what a resilient tree," followed by "the tree probably just wishes there weren't a ****ing fence in the way."

I don't know where I was going, but I just finished reading "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" yesterday and started "A Secret Life of Bees" this morning (another NP reading list book), so I'm a little impressed by how life finds a way I guess.