You’re gonna try a lot of things in life. They ain’t all gonna work out. That’s just the way it is. But if your instinct after every set back is to throw your hands in the air and declare ‘well, that’s it. Never gonna try anything ever again,’ that’s truly a ridiculous way to move through life.
There is no alternative but to keep trying. It’s an essential part in forming the fabric of who we are.
Just because it didn’t work out the way you tried it the first time doesn’t mean it was a failure either. Look hard enough and there’s a lesson in the way it ended up panning out. It may lead you down a different path, make you look at things from another perspective, maybe even ultimately direct you toward something that works way better and makes more sense.
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