I think TV and movies gives us a false impression of what success or winning looks like. We always imagine those things to be like the end of Rocky 2 with us holding up the championship belt.

The truth is that sometimes winning is small. Sometimes the victory is in taking one step forward when everything screams at you to pull the covers over your head and hide, or just standing upright when the hurricane is doing its best to blow you over, or even just getting out of bed itself. Stepping on the mat when you feel like doing anything but, or lifting that weight that feels too much today, or showing kindness to a stranger when you feel the world not being kind to you. All of these are definitive wins.

Don’t lose heart and Hold fast.