Boldness vs. Reason
And the question becomes: do you just go after what you want/what you’re interested in, or do you simply cut your losses because things aren’t happening the way they’re “supposed to”? Is that surrendering your courage, or behaving realistically? And every damn time, the analytic process is the same and the answer is different based on context and circumstance.
And in an unrelated matter: my shoulder has been aching for weeks and I’m afraid it’s bone cancer or something else awful - should I go ask for an MRI? …it feels like a muscle thing…