Sea turtles hatch buried in the sand, dig out, run across the beach, and into the water where they swim vigorously until they are in deep enough waters to finally safe from the most dangerous part of their life. This ordeal reveals an important lesson.

I have learned to think that I am only ever one of two places in life: I am either on a lake, or I’m on a portage trail. The lakes are great, the portages are rough. When you get to the end of your lake, what will you do? Will you be content with the lake you have found, will you return from where you came, or will you continue on even if it means a period of hardship? This is the lesson - to embrace the suck.