One last thing:

Steel is stronger when forged in fire and pounded relentlessly. It’s literally called forging, which means to strengthen. In our lives, we will come across many opportunities to forge…..ourselves, our relationships, really anything that might at some point face adversity. It is what you do when the fires rise and what is important to you is put in the flames….because even steel will melt if left in the flames of the forge for too long. At the very least, it becomes less structurally sound the more time it spends in the flames, making it less likely to survive another round of forging. Right now, your relationship is not just in the forge, it’s been sat in there and forgotten. But you can fold it, pound it, quench it in the oil of self discovery. And out will come something that was stronger than when it went in.

Gee, I bet you can’t tell what I do for a living…..