Thursday, January 30, 2014

Careening around despair

My natural default seems to be negativity, pessimism, and despair. Or maybe it's just habit that I've gotten myself into, so it feels ... familiar. Familiar doesn't always mean right, however.

I'm trying to raise a child who is unafraid to try and fail, try hard, and fail, try harder yet again, and still be able to embrace failure with equanimity. Failing just means you need to try harder, right?

And yet, here I am, letting fear make me apathetic and inactive.

No excuses. Now, take a deep breath, remember gratitude, gratefulness, and the exquisite beauty of having love in my life, and go out and kick some butt.

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