When you fail, it seems everything is finished. I just want to know what’s that one particular thing that remind you that you are not finished yet and gets you up to give it one more chance?
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I still have customers and very few orders, even though I failed. That makes me realise I can restart.
For the last couple of weeks, I go out in the morning to run.
I don’t have much stamina, and therefore I set smaller goals ie. just one round in the park in one go and do it for 30 minutes.
A lamppost acts as a starting point and a bench acts as the end. For the last many days I am trying hard to run a little further beyond the bench.
But every time I try and I fail.
It feels like the mind has been fixed to a certain distance and as soon as it sees the target, it starts shouting, ‘Stop it! Stop it! Your legs are screaming in pain! You will faint!’
As a result, I always fail to go beyond the bench in one go.
Today, while running I just wanted to surpass that somehow.
‘What do you think you can do to get that, Ginny?’
I used my winter cap to cover my forehead till my eyebrows and tilted my head towards the floor so that I can see nothing except the next 5 steps I have to take.
‘Hmmm. Maybe I can exceed my limit this way!’
And that winter cap covered my forehead and my chaotic mind from doing unnecessary rants.
I did five rounds in the park, and for every round, I outshined the end goal and went ahead.
Today I understood what it means when they say: ‘Focus on the next step, not the whole staircase’.
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There’s a saying that get rich or die trying. That’s my go to approach when things don’t go the ways I want them to.
What reminds me I’m not finished yet is this: I’m still here, still able to choose my next move. As long as there’s breath, thought, and even a small spark of curiosity or hope, the story isn’t over. Failure may close one door, but it also proves that I tried…
With every hardship there’s ease that’s my go to approach