If you have ever viewed the dawn from a very high place you know that the night first resists the dawn, seemingly unwilling to allow the light to expose the world. As it first peers over the horizon, the sun seems to shine directly on you, brightening a narrow band of the world before you. As the sun rises, more and more of what lies on either side of that band is illuminated. And as the dawn becomes day, all around you becomes clear.
Growing as a person is like a dawning. In the beginning, everyone mires around in darkness. Then through the labor of discovery, a rush of insight suddenly brightens a field of knowledge.
With the right coach, you will be challenged to do more than you think is possible. With the right coach, you will be challenged to theorize, that you create understanding. The right coach will show you how to do that. How to grow as a person is difficult to teach, but you must demand it of your coach. Growing as a person can be difficult to attain, but you must demand it of yourself. This action is demanding and exacting.
Your knowledge will expand, but it becomes less certain; you will become restless, inquiring. Easy assumptions and comfortable prejudices will be challenged by doubt and concern. Conformist opinion will begin to be replaced by unpopular belief, apathy by principled action.
I urge each of you to make the climb to this very high place. The climb is long and arduous. The risks of the climb are many. But the climb is exhilarating, and the view is spectacular.
Join me!