There is a point where exceptional diverges from good. A road in a guarded wood, over-grown as it might be, where risk and reward sit hand in hand, and yet shrouded in confusion. It is on this path that we begin the journey and seek to emerge from the darkness. A journey of which the mere acceptance of is not the realization of greatness – but through the struggle that we eventually discover the singular aspect of excellence, and are able to reveal this essence within ourselves.

Rewards face dangers and peril, and generate a fear within us that challenges all sense. But, danger is the guardian of the passage, holding back those who contend that it is an easy goal to reach and an easy path to take. Along the way we will feel doubt, even hear it shouted at us, but by then there is an inexplicable understanding that obstructions, obstacles, paradoxes... are merely what pave the way to greatness. And, risk is there to accept or shy from.

We choose in life where we will go, and what we will become.