Frodo, Peter, and Dante: How Turning Over Failures Unlocks the Gates of Paradise

We are all translators when we translate our failures into triumphs.

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When I first descended with Dante into the deepest pit of his Inferno, I was surprised. I thought there would be murderers there, but no — there are only three traitors: Judas Iscariot, Brutus, and Cassius. All three are being endlessly chewed on by Lucifer who’s stuck in eternal ice.

But why traitors? What about betrayal makes it the worst…