During times of adversity, it is easy to feel like we just don’t have any good options. We’ve worked hard to get to where we’re at, and we intend to keep making progress - moving ever closer to our long-term goals. The last thing we want to do is give up ground. We get it. And we’ve got good news and bad news.

Let’s start with the bad news: life is full of setbacks. The path to success is not only uphill, but has a lot ups and downs. There are going to be days (even years) where it feels like we are losing altitude.

Now for the good news: going downhill is not going backward. There is only way out of difficult times and that is forward. So even if you’ve got to take some steps that feel like you’re trending downward, take heart in knowing that you’re still moving forward.