Failure Is The Norm

Baseball teaches us, or has taught most of us, 

how to deal with failure.

We learn at a very young age that 

failure is the norm in baseball 

and ... errors [are] part of the game, 

part of its rigorous truth.

Francis T. Vincent, Jr.

Of course we will make mistakes.

We are born with the right to make mistakes.

There is no shame in that.

Perfection is a false ideal for a real human being.

We learn by trial and error.

If we try to be perfect, we will meet dead ends and roadblocks because we will inevitably fall short.

 

Instead, there is wisdom in the motto, "Keep coming back."

In this instance, the motto refers to returning to our standards.

Rather than to strive constantly for higher and higher perfection, our goal is to always return to the rules we live by.

Of course we will veer off the path.

When we do, we make repairs, pay our dues, and hold our place as full-fledged members of the human race.

 

Today my goal is to keep returning to my ethics for a good life.

Wisdom to Know by Anonymous