<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>MattA wrote</title><author_name>MattA (npub13l…chmy5)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub13ldzrxwy8x066ll5zf45qtcltms40ld7fsy4rejdlcc64my80lcslchmy5</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>I’m closer to 50 than I am to 40 now, &amp; I can tell you this with confidence:&#xA;&#xA;Nothing… absolutely Nothing that came easily in my life turned out to be truly substantial in the end.&#xA;&#xA;Easy wins have a way of fading. Their value diminishes with time because little time &amp; energy was invested to earn them.&#xA;&#xA;But the things I buckled down for, struggled through, toiled over,  &amp; poured my time, energy &amp; focus into… those are the things that became beautiful.  Those are the things that became meaningful. Those are the things that have endured.&#xA;&#xA;The greatest rewards in life are rarely found on the shortest path.&#xA;&#xA;Short- sightedness is dust in the wind.  Patience, effort, &amp; perseverance are what compound into something fkn monumental.</html></oembed>