Bravery is not the thing that saves you in the dark.

Refusal is.

The simple, stubborn, unglamorous decision to not lie down — made again and again, for one more minute, and then one more — will carry you further than all the courage in the world.

I was not brave in that freezer.

I was merely unwilling to quit.

It was enough.

It is almost always enough.

Chapter 5 — Not Yet