The Road to Greatness

When Francis Bacon wrote, "All rising to great place is by a winding staire," I think he was referring to the repetition our lives all take, no matter which path we choose. Everything we do has a certain repetition to it. The same problems pop up over and over again, and each time we must overcome them as we did the last. Also, we all have setbacks, which can make us feel as if what we've accomplished has been undone. However, these setbacks are really just pauses. We stop to see ourselves in the same place as before, but we forget we have risen vertically. Even though we seem to be getting nowhere, we are still gaining ground, and not giving up through the repetitive failures and problems is what raises ourselves up to greatness.