That’s the part that’s been the hardest to learn, that it happens by degrees, and includes little failures. We all knew it once—otherwise we’d never have been able to walk, but would still be scuttling around on hands and knees. But once we can stand, we get the idea that it should all happen on the first try. Well, no, it doesn’t. We don’t lose weight, we don’t get jobs, we don’t find love, we don’t make marriages work, we don’t get published, etc. Not right away, not the first time. It just takes falling and trying again and again, and learning to recognize each tiny baby step that means the potential for progress is maybe there.
I really, really wish I could tattoo this on my brain.
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Date: 2006-01-05 04:16 am (UTC)I really, really wish I could tattoo this on my brain.