A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. – B. F. Skinner
Where do you think you’ve “failed?”
Have you given up on “that?”
What if you took what you learned and began again, more intelligently?
What if you didn’t stop trying?
FYI: While I don’t normally comment on current social issues or the like, I felt compelled to here. * * * I just saw a post on Facebook talking about how, in an effort to remember one’s child in the car seat, one leaves their left shoe on the seat next to the baby. That…
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. – Buddha Just a reminder . . . that is all.
One is dependent on the outside world to the extent that they believe what they need is outside themselves. If you are sufficiently in touch with your core power and peace there is nothing that anyone can deny that will hurt or upset you. The first, and most important thing, is to renew that connection…
Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. – Coco Chanel The only time you should beat on a wall is if you are (hitting it in such a way that you’re) making a hole for a door. Feebly pounding on or flailing against a wall in the hopes it will…
“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.” – Rainer Maria Rilke If you’re not “failing” you’re likely not doing anything worthy of your efforts and talents. Consider you have two (at least… ) sacred aspects: your labor and talents. Your labor is your effort, your hard work, your doing…
Optimists are those who go after Moby Dick in a row boat with a bucket of tartar sauce. – Zig Ziglar First off, nobody beats Zig for deep truth delivered well. Second, the key take-away here (I humbly suggest) is that the Optimist is one who takes (intelligent/bold/authentic/useful/necessary/game-changing) action. So many people pooh-pooh optimism and…