Wonderful message again, Patty! Loved the one for yesterday too. The one today fits right in with something I was going to post by Jon Gordon:
Failing Forward
18 seconds left in the lacrosse game. We’re down by a goal. The winner goes to the high school state playoffs. I have the ball but I’m about 60 yards away from the goal. I start running as fast as I can. Two of the opposing players run at me and we all collide. Whack. Bam!
I’ll never forget the words that ran through my head as I fell to the ground and the ball fell out of my stick. “I blew it, I’ve failed.” But I’ll always remember and be inspired by what happened next. It was as if the earth stopped spinning and time stood still. A voice that was not my own said, “Get up. Get up. Keep going.” Everything was moving in slow motion and I picked up the ball before anyone else did, ran down the field towards the goal, jumped in the air and, as I was being hit by the defenders while falling to the ground, threw the ball towards the goal. The ball hit the ground in just the right spot, bounced like a bullet and hit the top of the net. We tied the game and won in over time. So why I am I telling you this besides reliving the glory days when I could play sports and not be sore for a week? ;) Because I’ve been thinking about failure lately and like most people I know I have failed more times than I care to remember. I’ve struck out playing baseball, I’ve failed to win the client, I’ve lost the big opportunity at work, I’ve had to close two of my restaurants, I lost my race for city council of Atlanta when I was 26, I was fired once, I’ve had a few girls break my heart, I was once one month away from bankruptcy, I’ve made mistakes as a parent and boss and the list goes on and on and on. Yet, when I look back I realize that every failure has moved me forward. Every failure taught me a lesson and made me stronger, wiser and better. I failed many times but I failed forward (I first heard this term from John Maxwell). Failing to win a client taught me what not to do so I could start winning more business. Shutting-down restaurants taught me to be smarter about picking the right locations. The girls who broke my heart led me to finding my wife and love of my life and losing the race for city council led to me leaving Atlanta, moving to Jacksonville and becoming a writer and speaker. I’ve realized that sometimes we have to lose a goal to find our destiny. Sometimes we have to fail to move forward. I know some of you might be saying, “Well that’s you Jon. You’re just lucky. It doesn’t work that way in my life. You have no idea what failure has done to me.” I hear these comments often and I always respectively disagree. I believe there are two kinds of people in the world. Those who fail and those who fail forward. We all fail but what we do with our failures is our choice. At any moment we can stop being someone who fails and become someone who fails forward. We can become someone who “forgets the mistakes but remembers the lessons” as Benjamin Franklin advises. I know I may get teased for this one but I just love the scene in the new Rocky Balboa movie when Rocky says, “It’s not how hard you hit, it’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” If that statement doesn’t sum up the life we all face I don’t know what does. You may get knocked down to the ground like I did on the lacrosse field. You may say, “I’ve failed. I blew it.” We will all blow it and feel like failures at different times in our lives. But when we do fail, let’s stay hopeful, believe in a brighter future and know that failure always leads to a better future if we have an attitude of faith, are open to the possibilities and trust that new and exciting things are coming our way. Failing forward is not just for a few chosen, lucky people. It’s for all of us and people like you and me. And if you are experiencing a failure right now and you’re not hearing the words in your head telling you to “Get up. Get up. Keep going,” then I hope you will hear my voice encouraging you right now to “Get up. Get up. Keep going.” You may have failed but now it’s time to fail forward and recognize the lesson that moves you towards your goal. Sending Positive Energy your Way, -Jon
We had a fantastic Easter. Tim, Rob, and I met Tim's older sister and her husband at our church. Erin, Joe, and Jackson were almost an hour late, but they'd had a rare rough night with the baby, being away from home. Tim's other sister has an ear infection and Mom wasn't feeling well, so they didn't go. The service was wonderful and very entertaining -- lots of music, slide backgrounds, 2 baptisms,
A beautiful sunny but a bit on the chilly side to start the new week. Wonderful posts by Miss P and Rhonda this morning to start the day.
So good to hear from Phyllis. Safe travels and hope you have a wonderful R&R back at home.
Really slow moving this morning. As simple as I thought I made things yesterday it was tiring. We did have a very nice day together. I could really use a day at home though. I am tired and could definitely use a day around the house. DH took the day off and it would have been nice to take a personal day but someone already made sure that they took the day. We will be "sunshineless" at the office for the next two days.
I never bothered to set my alarm last night. Somehow I didn't see me actually getting myself up and quite frankly all my workout clothes were in the dryer and I just was too lazy to go fishing around in the dryer for them last night.
Absolutely no desire to cook tonight and I don't think DD is going to be home so I do believe that we will be having leftovers.
Nothing much else going on around here. Still in denial about it being Monday! Otto has been sadly neglected in the walking department so that is a must for after dinner this evening.
Hope everyone is feeling better today and is ready for a marvelous Monday!
I think you deserve dinner out tonight after all you've been doing. Let your DH know I said so. LOL! At least you won't be subjected to Sunshine for 2 days. That in itself is a bit of a vacation, although I know days at home would be much better. If I don't stay home long enough to get more cleaning done around here, this place may be condemned!
Hi, all! Another appropriate quote and thoughts today Patty! No more beating yourself up, gf...your days are so full of activity that you should not feel badly at all. Like you said, back to healthy lifestyle again today and enjoy each day!
I don't know what this morning falls into but I was going to be a lazy bum with exercise. Things didn't turn out that way when the phone rang at 6:48 am and I was asked to sub an 8:15 am yoga class. I don't teach yoga so I thought I got out of it but I was told I could do Pilates. Well...I could have tried to get out of it or seize the opportunity and get going and teach it. I taught it! I felt like I was hit by a mack truck with the poor night's sleep I got, but doing the class made me feel better and stretched. Of course I felt less guilty about what I ate yesterday. But, I am not going to go over what happened yesterday and move on today with healthy eating. I am the only one who can change my behavior and I think it is time.
You know it is a good thing that Mozilla has these little red underlines when a word it spelled wrong.
Another discovery this morning. I went to put on a pair of brand new Nike walking shoes I bought and they were way too tight! Now I tried these shoes on with socks and they fit fine at the store. It must have been a very cold day and my feet weren't swollen because today I couldn't even wear them. Without looking back, I put them in the good will bag and said "oh well...someone can get use out of those brand new shoes". I bought them at the outlet so I wasn't set back too badly and I rationalized the cost when I saw DH spent over $400 on wine that he alone drinks. So, the $30 I spent was a drop albeit big drop in the bucket and someone can get use out of the shoes. Why did I even go there? I have no idea! Maybe no looking back and no regrets and just a do good feeling that someone can use them.
Easter was nice and saw family we haven't seen in a long time. The low fat, healthy vegetable lasagna was absolutely delicious, if I do say so myself, and even got to take some home for left overs tonight. I think I found a new signature dish to make. I had a totally vegetarian day yesterday and I didn't miss the meat one bit. I came home completely wiped out. I do have to get some decent sleep.
Hope you all had a nice day and plan a nice week ahead. Also hope there is no aggravation at your paying jobs and you get some satisfaction of a job well done.
Hi, Shar...welcome back! The days seem to go by so quickly and it is easy to not find time to get here. Sure happens to me a lot. You sound like you have been extremely busy!
I can hear your frustration and truthfully, I am at my highest weight also. I have to get it under control too so maybe we can make a pact together to do something about once and for all. It is spring and time for a new beginning!!
Good luck with the healthy eating and exercising...
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Wonderful message again, Patty! Loved the one for yesterday too. The one today fits right in with something I was going to post by Jon Gordon:
Failing Forward
I’ll never forget the words that ran through my head as I fell to the ground and the ball fell out of my stick. “I blew it, I’ve failed.”18 seconds left in the lacrosse game. We’re down by a goal. The winner goes to the high school state playoffs. I have the ball but I’m about 60 yards away from the goal. I start running as fast as I can. Two of the opposing players run at me and we all collide. Whack. Bam!
But I’ll always remember and be inspired by what happened next. It was as if the earth stopped spinning and time stood still. A voice that was not my own said, “Get up. Get up. Keep going.” Everything was moving in slow motion and I picked up the ball before anyone else did, ran down the field towards the goal, jumped in the air and, as I was being hit by the defenders while falling to the ground, threw the ball towards the goal. The ball hit the ground in just the right spot, bounced like a bullet and hit the top of the net. We tied the game and won in over time.
So why I am I telling you this besides reliving the glory days when I could play sports and not be sore for a week? ;) Because I’ve been thinking about failure lately and like most people I know I have failed more times than I care to remember. I’ve struck out playing baseball, I’ve failed to win the client, I’ve lost the big opportunity at work, I’ve had to close two of my restaurants, I lost my race for city council of Atlanta when I was 26, I was fired once, I’ve had a few girls break my heart, I was once one month away from bankruptcy, I’ve made mistakes as a parent and boss and the list goes on and on and on.
Yet, when I look back I realize that every failure has moved me forward. Every failure taught me a lesson and made me stronger, wiser and better. I failed many times but I failed forward (I first heard this term from John Maxwell). Failing to win a client taught me what not to do so I could start winning more business. Shutting-down restaurants taught me to be smarter about picking the right locations. The girls who broke my heart led me to finding my wife and love of my life and losing the race for city council led to me leaving Atlanta, moving to Jacksonville and becoming a writer and speaker. I’ve realized that sometimes we have to lose a goal to find our destiny. Sometimes we have to fail to move forward.
I know some of you might be saying, “Well that’s you Jon. You’re just lucky. It doesn’t work that way in my life. You have no idea what failure has done to me.” I hear these comments often and I always respectively disagree.
I believe there are two kinds of people in the world. Those who fail and those who fail forward. We all fail but what we do with our failures is our choice. At any moment we can stop being someone who fails and become someone who fails forward. We can become someone who “forgets the mistakes but remembers the lessons” as Benjamin Franklin advises.
I know I may get teased for this one but I just love the scene in the new Rocky Balboa movie when Rocky says, “It’s not how hard you hit, it’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” If that statement doesn’t sum up the life we all face I don’t know what does.
You may get knocked down to the ground like I did on the lacrosse field. You may say, “I’ve failed. I blew it.” We will all blow it and feel like failures at different times in our lives. But when we do fail, let’s stay hopeful, believe in a brighter future and know that failure always leads to a better future if we have an attitude of faith, are open to the possibilities and trust that new and exciting things are coming our way. Failing forward is not just for a few chosen, lucky people. It’s for all of us and people like you and me.
And if you are experiencing a failure right now and you’re not hearing the words in your head telling you to “Get up. Get up. Keep going,” then I hope you will hear my voice encouraging you right now to “Get up. Get up. Keep going.” You may have failed but now it’s time to fail forward and recognize the lesson that moves you towards your goal.
Sending Positive Energy your Way,
-Jon
We had a fantastic Easter. Tim, Rob, and I met Tim's older sister and her husband at our church. Erin, Joe, and Jackson were almost an hour late, but they'd had a rare rough night with the baby, being away from home. Tim's other sister has an ear infection and Mom wasn't feeling well, so they didn't go. The service was wonderful and very entertaining -- lots of music, slide backgrounds, 2 baptisms,
~~Rhonda~~
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Good Morning,
A beautiful sunny but a bit on the chilly side to start the new week. Wonderful posts by Miss P and Rhonda this morning to start the day.
So good to hear from Phyllis. Safe travels and hope you have a wonderful R&R back at home.
Really slow moving this morning. As simple as I thought I made things yesterday it was tiring. We did have a very nice day together. I could really use a day at home though. I am tired and could definitely use a day around the house. DH took the day off and it would have been nice to take a personal day but someone already made sure that they took the day.
We will be "sunshineless" at the office for the next two days.
I never bothered to set my alarm last night. Somehow I didn't see me actually getting myself up and quite frankly all my workout clothes were in the dryer and I just was too lazy to go fishing around in the dryer for them last night.
Absolutely no desire to cook tonight and I don't think DD is going to be home so I do believe that we will be having leftovers.
Nothing much else going on around here. Still in denial about it being Monday! Otto has been sadly neglected in the walking department so that is a must for after dinner this evening.
Hope everyone is feeling better today and is ready for a marvelous Monday!
Susan
I think you deserve dinner out tonight after all you've been doing. Let your DH know I said so. LOL! At least you won't be subjected to Sunshine for 2 days. That in itself is a bit of a vacation, although I know days at home would be much better. If I don't stay home long enough to get more cleaning done around here, this place may be condemned!
Hugs,
~~Rhonda~~
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I think I've got a 90 min boot camp today....they needed five people to do it so if we have five then it's on.
Thought provoking post this morning Princess... Thanks!
Deb/MN
Princess...got the Nusa Rollover Skirt and this cami (has a bra sewn into it) from Athleta.
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Hi, all! Another appropriate quote and thoughts today Patty! No more beating yourself up, gf...your days are so full of activity that you should not feel badly at all. Like you said, back to healthy lifestyle again today and enjoy each day!
I don't know what this morning falls into but I was going to be a lazy bum with exercise. Things didn't turn out that way when the phone rang at 6:48 am and I was asked to sub an 8:15 am yoga class. I don't teach yoga so I thought I got out of it but I was told I could do Pilates. Well...I could have tried to get out of it or seize the opportunity and get going and teach it. I taught it! I felt like I was hit by a mack truck with the poor night's sleep I got, but doing the class made me feel better and stretched. Of course I felt less guilty about what I ate yesterday. But, I am not going to go over what happened yesterday and move on today with healthy eating. I am the only one who can change my behavior and I think it is time.
You know it is a good thing that Mozilla has these little red underlines when a word it spelled wrong.
Another discovery this morning. I went to put on a pair of brand new Nike walking shoes I bought and they were way too tight! Now I tried these shoes on with socks and they fit fine at the store. It must have been a very cold day and my feet weren't swollen because today I couldn't even wear them. Without looking back, I put them in the good will bag and said "oh well...someone can get use out of those brand new shoes". I bought them at the outlet so I wasn't set back too badly and I rationalized the cost when I saw DH spent over $400 on wine that he alone drinks. So, the $30 I spent was a drop albeit big drop in the bucket and someone can get use out of the shoes. Why did I even go there? I have no idea! Maybe no looking back and no regrets and just a do good feeling that someone can use them.
Easter was nice and saw family we haven't seen in a long time. The low fat, healthy vegetable lasagna was absolutely delicious, if I do say so myself, and even got to take some home for left overs tonight. I think I found a new signature dish to make. I had a totally vegetarian day yesterday and I didn't miss the meat one bit. I came home completely wiped out. I do have to get some decent sleep.
Hope you all had a nice day and plan a nice week ahead. Also hope there is no aggravation at your paying jobs and you get some satisfaction of a job well done.
Hugs
Grace
Keep on keeping on!
Grace
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Hi, Shar...welcome back! The days seem to go by so quickly and it is easy to not find time to get here. Sure happens to me a lot. You sound like you have been extremely busy!
I can hear your frustration and truthfully, I am at my highest weight also. I have to get it under control too so maybe we can make a pact together to do something about once and for all. It is spring and time for a new beginning!!
Good luck with the healthy eating and exercising...
Grace
Keep on keeping on!
Grace
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Good afternoon everyone ... miss 'chatting' with you gals!
Karen
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