“So here I am, in the middle way, having had twenty years—Twenty years largely wasted…” – T.S. Eliot
TWENTY YEARS! Twenty years I have wasted my time, energy, and money. Twenty years I have donated my blood, sweat, and tears. For what? Was it all for not? Is this really the end? Where to from here, Virgil?
My emotions race from one extreme to the other. Thoughts pacing back and forth from excitement to fear. Is this really happening? Is this really the end for the longest running business in my entrepreneurial career?
It appears so.
It has been nearly two decades of the wildest roller coaster ride I have ever been on. Slowly climbing to the top, looking out across the vast view and looking down. No, don’t look down. Never look down. Fear and anxiety with butterflies going crazy inside. Just look up, not down. Just focus on what’s happening right here and now and don’t look too far ahead. Then, before you know it…hold on for the free fall. We had a few of those, some we saw coming, and others took us down by surprise, like a ninja’s silent attack.
That’s business. It’s just like life; there are ups and there are downs. There are beginnings and there are endings. How we deal with them is what makes all the difference. I can be sad, I can angry, I can be happy or anything else in between. I can point the finger and blame every one and everything but myself. Or, I can take a look in the mirror assume the responsibility and move on.
Was it really wasted? Is it really the end? Sometimes the end is just the beginning.
Talk Soon,
Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator
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