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EPISODE · Jun 20, 2026 · 4 MIN

Burning Up

from The Everyday Human · host Eastin DeVerna

June: On Conflict and CourageGoFundMe for my wife's cancer fund:https://gofund.me/3682c6720June 20The point isn’t to achieve it all. It’s to live fully within the boundaries of the limits of your life and what is possible. To throw your fear of failure to the wind and have the courage to try. Even if you don’t finish what you set out to do, you did it the best you could. Within your capacity and the limits of what was possible for you specifically, and no one else. This is how it’s meant to be. Things will be left unfinished, you can be damn sure of that. But it’s the fact that you even started that matters. It’s your intention that matters. Choosing to try—with a focused determination—over eternity.Burn brightly like a campfire burning up its wood. It may not last forever—it certainly won’t—but it will leave its impression, light, and warmth while it’s here.Reflection title: Burning UpCreative inspiration: Pindar, Pythian iiiReflection Question: Am I playing it safe or exhausting the limits of what’s possible? What will I start today that I’ve been putting off?

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June: On Conflict and Courage GoFundMe for my wife's cancer fund: https://gofund.me/3682c6720 June 20 The point isn’t to achieve it all. It’s to live fully within the boundaries of the limits of your life and what is possible. To throw your fear of failure to the wind and have the courage to try. Even if you don’t finish what you set out to do, you did it the best you could. Within your capacity and the limits of what was possible for you specifically, and no one else. This is how it’s meant ...

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