# A Year of Turning Points

A year ago, someone wrote a letter to their future self saying, "I can barely hold on." When they opened it a year later, they discovered that moment was their turning point.

English theologian Thomas Fuller said in 1650: "The darkest hour is always before the dawn." But this isn't a physical law—it's an observation about human nature. When you feel most hopeless, you're often closest to a breakthrough.

Not because suffering automatically transforms into opportunity, but because in your most difficult moments, you're forced to make changes. The unemployed person who desperately searches for work ends up finding something better; the person who collapses and re-examines their life finally sees their direction clearly.

So don't just wait for dawn—become that dawn.