When the rubber meets the road
When you’ve posted an article on Medium only to get 4 views
When you’ve tweeted and no one seemed to care
When you’ve put your heart and soul into a post on your website and got no traffic
When you started going for night runs at 1am because that’s the only time you have
When you got a low-paid job just to make ends meet
When you barely get to see your kids because you have to go to work
When no one believes in you any more because you’ve failed (!) twice (or more?)
Although that fire is still burning inside you because you know you can, you will, and in fact you are
When you follow a proven plan because you know this time it has to work, success is “your only mother-fucking option, failure’s not!”
When you actually get your hands dirty, putting pen to paper, against all odds, although everything around you seems bleak and all you have is your vision, passion, commitment, and faith
And you choose faith
Because you know you can, you will and in fact, you are
And you take that leap of faith
And that’s when the rubber meets the road
And progress is made.