Federal & Postal Disability Retirement from OPM: The chasm
It is that expanse between fantasy and reality; of the indentation after the existential encounter with the world deflates the puffery that enlivened us in the first place and compelled one to test his or her mettle against the greater world; and it is the test that withstands, as opposed to mere words that fail when pushed against the substance of the universe. Virtue is great in a vacuum; it is only when it is tested against real temptations […]