Do the Thing That’s Hard

It’s only hard because it matters that much

I recently had to have a medical test that I really didn’t want to have. No, that’s not even close to accurate; “really” could never describe the level of soul-paralyzing fear I felt in the lead up to that day. Every hour was black, filled with dreaded anticipation about what might be revealed. At 3am on the morning of the test, I considered…