[avoice]

FAILURE IS NOT A DISGRACE IF YOU HAVE SINCERELY DONE YOUR BEST.

We live in a competitive world that measures success by winners and losers, and insists that every victory creates a loss of equal dimension. If one person wins, it seems logical that someone else must lose. In reality, the only competition that matters is the one in which you compete with yourself. When your standard of performance is based upon being the best you can be-for yourself-you will never lose. You will only improve. Make it a practice to objectively review your performance from time to time. When you fall short, assess the situation and ask yourself: "Is there anything I would or could have done to change the outcome?" If the answer is "no," if you are satisfied that you've done your best, don't waste time reliving the past. Simply learn what you can from the experience, and then get into action again. If you consistently do your best, your temporary failures will take care of themselves.

[hayward]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this post.

It's funny, because I think most of us see just how troubled many people are, yet we judge ourselves by how they and others think and perceive us!

Do you really think everyone else does/knows/is/lives the "best"? Who made them the boss??

[JAZZY10]

I love Forrest Gump philosophy "**** happens", "Box of chocolates" and all that stuff.

But reality is that some people don't give a rats about who they tread on to get what they want and, they HURT people BIG time.

Face down in the dirt, broke, homeless, unemployed, back stuffed from hard work, depressed, anxious, no insurance. This is just the sort of philosophy that gets a girl back on her feet, only to be sexual assaulted and kicked in the guts by some guy she asked to give her a hand out of the gutter. Some people's best is never enough in a world of greed.

This is a reality-check paid for by your local middle-class fun loving nighbourhood.

Peace brother!

[kikki27]

Originally Posted by avoice

FAILURE IS NOT A DISGRACE IF YOU HAVE SINCERELY DONE YOUR BEST.

We live in a competitive world that measures success by winners and losers, and insists that every victory creates a loss of equal dimension. If one person wins, it seems logical that someone else must lose. In reality, the only competition that matters is the one in which you compete with yourself. When your standard of performance is based upon being the best you can be-for yourself-you will never lose. You will only improve. Make it a practice to objectively review your performance from time to time. When you fall short, assess the situation and ask yourself: "Is there anything I would or could have done to change the outcome?" If the answer is "no," if you are satisfied that you've done your best, don't waste time reliving the past. Simply learn what you can from the experience, and then get into action again. If you consistently do your best, your temporary failures will take care of themselves.

That is true