‘At least I tried didn’t I… at least I did that’

Self… defeating or affirming?
This is the quote that I live by.
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It’s the quote that bounces around my head whenever things feel like they’re not working out exactly the way they were supposed to.
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It’s a quote from a fictional character – Randall P McMurphy in the film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – as he tries with every ounce of his soul to lift a marble sink and break out of the hospital.
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It’s a powerful film.
Jack Nicholson is masterful.
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I find it odd that a fictional quote resonates, but words contrive their meaning – it’s just that usually there’s a real person quoted with real achievements at the end of it.
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On the one hand this quote is celebrating effort and determination.
But on the other, it’s also allowing defeat before the battle has been fought.
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‘If I put in all this effort it still might not work’ is a mindset which will probably bring failure. But that’s okay. We learn from failure.
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Why do I live by it?
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Because things will never go the way you plan them. Ever.
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Life is full of obstacles. But if you take that tentative first step, you release new opportunities, pathways and potential – which otherwise would never appear.
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At least I tried… putting down my thoughts this morning. At least it might help one person with their day.

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