The payoff will come. It really will. I'm sure my great grandad felt the awesome responsibility of his little family that he was leading to the great state of Oregon, and I'm sure that that feeling of responsibility was partially at work in keeping him going in what had to be an extremely exhausting endeavour. But what was always said, whenever this story was recounted at our Thanksgiving table when I was a child at home, was that great grandad couldn't possibly have kept up the pace had not great grandmother kept calling out her encouraging words. Words have power.
Words are thoughts clothed in language.
Language is the heart made visible. Being a part of this amazing phenomenon called Cyberdiet has helped me on this journey the same way my great grandmother helped my great grandad on the way to Oregon. A burden shared is a burden lightened. A joy shared is a joy doubled. Heartfelt encouraging words spoken by people who are sharing the journey is what makes the difference.