I told people out loud yesterday. It didn’t feel good. News will now spread.
I saw this article about Olympic cyclist Kelly Catlin’s suicide in the Post today.
I bring it up here because we don’t always embrace the idea that failure IS an option. Does it feel good? No. Do we have to like it? No. But can we learn from it? Absolutely. Failure is the best way to learn and knowing that every failure can lead to a greater success is not only truth, but a path to a happy and productive life. According to the article, this athlete had to be perfect at everything… even death. I do not want to be perfect – sometimes good enough is good enough. And good enough allows you the time to also enjoy the journey.
If that sounds like I’m not a competitive person, you may not have met me. I love to win. I don’t think there are a lot of living entities who don’t – genes that don’t love to win get eaten before they can be passed on. But there’s a lot of failure real estate between getting eaten and perfect success, and that real estate is where we can build character.
Easy workout this morning and it was just what I needed. JP corrected some crossing over with my right arm at TAC yesterday, so I went slow and worked on that. The right side of my body is feeling better – I’m still switching over to left dominance wherever I can. And it’s good for comic relief – I still can’t get out of the pool without looking like a sea lion trying to beach on a dock, but I’m working on it.
