And to be sure, there are many dark tunnels.
Darker than we wish to acknowledge.
But in the grand scheme, they are so very short.
The setting sun is shining through my window at this very moment.
It makes shiny places on the walls of my room.
There is always light at the end of any tunnel. 
When we are in the middle of the dark places, we can not see any light.
This is the most frightening of times.
And we have two choices.
Only one of them can save us.
Keep going.
You know this as well as I.
But I want you to understand something.
When it's done right,
success and victory, hurts just as bad as loss and failure.
Only, it hurts in a good way.
There is no easy way out of this tunnel.
But there is a right way.
The middle path.
Don't reach too high, and don't aim too low.
And for the record, mediocrity has nothing to do with this.
Mediocrity is for those who don't consider such things.
Those who consider the middle path are far beyond that.
My advice, have a tremendous ego.
And allow it to submit to the greater universe.
This is the middle path.
Nomaste.