Falling short

The past is a provider of lessons. Some things we want to repeat and others avoid and hopefully we have drawn from lived experience such that the key milestones remain in memory without haunting the psyche.

Certainly we all have joy and sorrow scattered throughout and no one comes away unscathed from some degree of existential dread. Some will drown in analysis of lived history while others risk repeating errors due to insufficient introspection and a failure to address blind spots we all have. No matter the approach, we will all suffer from some excess or deficiency because imperfection is naturally baked in to the human condition.

Today I still count on failure but with the knowledge that I am always moving forward making little adjustments which benefit me. I will aim for some target, fall short and take solace in the fact that at least the effort yielded some positives.