As human beings, our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Oliver Goldsmith said that first, but every moment we get to put that attitude into practice, making it into a habit, by being excellent. As Ralph Marston said...
Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.
Everything is deeply interconnected. Aristotle (or Will Durant) has been oft-quoted, too...
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
Robert F. Kennedy had another variation on this theme, when RFK said,
Only those who dare to fail greatly
can ever achieve greatly.
can ever achieve greatly.
In other words, a fall is not a fail... It is an opportunity to learn. We can remind ourselves of this by singing (or dancing to!) Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping", boldly declaring...
I get knocked down, but I get up again,
you're never gonna keep me down...
"Tubthumping" is much catchier than Dwayne Wade's "fall seven times, stand up eight" commercial, which repurposes an old martial arts line...
...which simply takes us back to our daily reflection and incantation...
Be excellent, for everything is about inclusion.
...so get yourself some rituals...
...don't just be a cat in a box like all the other cats...
...and practice inner peace, because in the end, only kindness matters...
Be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.
