>> If we don't have successes now and then, what is the point to keep trying?

yin and yang
light and dark
male and female
good and evil

in nature none of these exist, everything simply is.

only when our minds enter and observe does the universe "split" into all of these dichotomies. so who defines "success"? It we survive another day isn't that a success? if we set a goal but fail to measureably reach that goal, does that mean we have made no progress at all? who chooses the goal? who sets the measure?

ESPECIALLY in our case, where our minds are extremely prone to interpreting everything in the negative, no matter what "goals" we "set" we are often going to interpret the results in the most pessimistic way possible. so maybe it is time to stop "looking for success" and instead be proud of surviving.

You ALWAYS have to keep in mind: Life is not about reaching goals, it is about our journey toward those goals.

>> If all we get is failure, then we might as well pack it in right then and there. Or maybe it is just time to rethink our goals. There is no need to always "strive" for that which we can never "achieve". The world is what we make of it.

Follow your bliss

Keep your hope fresh, SundaysChild. We are all in this together.

The preceeding was brought to you by way of a little bit of quantum physics and a whole lot of Joseph Campbell.

-- The world is what we make of it --
-- Dave
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