Grit

This is a story about the untamed force of passion that drives action despite the risk of losing oneself, balancing between creative euphoria and the fear of destruction.

I’m standing barefoot on the edge. Under my feet - heat - as if the earth is smoldering with living fire. Every moment of stillness burns and reminds me that I cannot stop. So, I leap forward, balancing on the thin line between euphoria and the risk of total loss.

It is passion that pushes me forward - wild, untamed, drawing strength from an unknown source. Appears when everything seems lost, when fatigue drains my energy, when doubts try to hold me back. And yet, in that most hopeless moment, it finds a reason for me to take another step. Because passion knows no limits, it cannot be tamed.

It is madness that does not let me rest, that disrupts harmony, has nothing to do with balance. It is the tension between the joy of creation and the fear of destruction. Between the fire that drives me, and the one that could consume me. And yet, I move forward. Because in this fire, there is life. In this run, there is freedom. 

Grit was partly inspired by the book of the same title by Angela Duckworth.