Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Some things cannot be learned in advance, however carefully you plan or read. How grief moves, what love asks of you, which strengths turn up under pressure: these only reveal themselves when you are actually inside them. Preparation has value, but it has limits that no amount of reflection can get past.

If you have been waiting until you understand something fully before committing to it, you may be waiting for a kind of knowledge that only arrives afterwards. Take the next step with the information you have. The rest tends to show itself once you are moving.