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Early in life, I learned an important truth that would guide the rest of my life: growth rarely happens in comfort.

It happens in supply closets when scarred knees are stretched, at dinner tables when you're forced to relearn how to pick up a fork, and on screen porches when you're reminded that the can of gasoline isn't chasing you anymore.

Growth doesn't begin when the path is clear and the circumstances are perfect. It begins when we step forward anyway into situations where we feel uncertain, unqualified, even afraid. And when we live like that, it not only changes our lives, but also the lives of those we encounter.

Jonathan Babcock lives this truth. Let me explain.