Let me tell you, he said, how frustrating it can be -
to check all the boxes and then ask, “Now what?”

College - check!
Grad school - check!
Marriage - check!
Kids - check!
Great job - check!
House - check!

Can you imagine, I said, how frustrating it is -
to do all the work, go though all the steps and still have none of the boxes checked that culture and the church say mark success?

Either the boxes are broken or I am.