Meg’s post, considering the image and the beginning, might have taken a different turn.  Click the image above to go to a short blog post by astrophysicist Adam Frank, which has a photograph remarkably similar to Meg’s as its header.  Where Frank goes, we follow.

Meg would likely agree, even though the end point of his post is far afield from the end point of her own post: we all know that challenges often force us to learn and grow and improve.  Without being “eat your peas” about it, Frank notes in a very personal manner how the difficulty of achievement has made his career in science all the more rewarding.  It is worth the read for scientists and non-scientists alike.