Who are we, and what do we really know of ourselves?
Who can say how one will act in a given situation surrounded by a certain set of circumstances?
I have lost, and I have loved.
I am inspired,
and I hope to inspire others,
but ultimately . . . I am a person,
so inevitably I will fail. . .
. . . from time to time to time.
I will fail you.
I will fail others.
And I will fail myself.
But hopefully when it's over,
I will learn,
and grow,
and not fail in that way again.
Different people,
different places,
different things,
all represent different tests.
Some of which I have found myself grossly unprepared for,
and the results have been much less than satisfactory.
But there is no backing out.
There is no easy circumvention around some problems.
So, I just struggle through,
trial by trial,
making an effort to make this time a little better than the last time.
Because last time, I didn't try at all.
And that is the saddest thing I have ever done.