What is there to learn from the unlikeliest of success stories? What depth of understanding can I absorb from a (before-now) impossible comeback?

Never give up?

I am confident this is a piece, but I practice that daily when I get out of bed. Obviously, (though necessary), the effort is not the whole story.

No whining?

To move past the past, no matter how unfair, I believe is another important element. Learn from the mistakes; learn from the adversity; then move on. This does not excuse injustice, but the past should only be drawn upon for the lessons to be learned.

Take control of the narrative?

I believe this is a necessary foundation for faith, and of late I am coming to believe that faith is absolutely necessary for success; so yes, another critical component.

Looking more closely at these factors:

• Faith requires individual commitment and individual sincerity.
• To practice faith is to struggle with injustice and to bring yourself to tears within your uncertainty and doubts and to come out the other side with a new depth of understanding and then to do it again tomorrow.
• Consensus interpretation of the past weakens faith.
• Weakened faith distorts effort.
• Interpretation and misinterpretation of the past directs effort.
• Effort is accomplished in the moment.
• Active, focused, sincere and interdependent individual effort strengthens faith.
• Faith alone is either consensus interpretation or wishful thinking.
• Effort alone creates a bullying bureaucracy and maintains status quo.
• Effort and faith together strengthen the future by perpetuating the moment.
• Effort and faith together see all possible futures.
• The execution of effort and faith together foretell the future.
• What seems impossible today, may not be so tomorrow