{"id":1579,"date":"2014-08-12T23:54:42","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T03:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2014-08-12T23:55:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T03:55:38","slug":"try-try-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=1579","title":{"rendered":"Try, Try Again."},"content":{"rendered":"

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I used to be a lot more competitive when I was younger.\u00a0 Boy, did I ever love to play ANYTHING… And I loved to win at whatever it was being played.<\/p>\n

On the block where I grew up, we used to have foot races down the middle of the street.\u00a0 The finish line would be at the fire hydrant, in front of the Mailey’s house.\u00a0\u00a0 We would run our little hearts out.<\/p>\n

But not every one could win.\u00a0 Not everyone does.<\/p>\n

And I am not sure that there are too many situations in life where we either win or lose at all.\u00a0 I think most of the time, it just is.\u00a0 There simply is….. more than one way about anything.<\/p>\n

Sure… When you go to Vegas and lay it all out on the table… And take home the big pot… You feel like the winner.\u00a0 But who really comes out on top at those Casinos ….in the bigger scheme of things.<\/p>\n

You see.\u00a0 There is always a bigger scheme of things.\u00a0 That is how life is.\u00a0 We go through a certain situation, and we may think we’ve “won” or “lost”.\u00a0 But the truth of it is… However it comes out may or may not meet our expectations.\u00a0 And that is when we start to put labels on it.\u00a0 Without the projections, we don’t have disappointments, let downs, and the like.\u00a0 Life just turns out no matter how it turns out… Despite our very best efforts sometimes.<\/p>\n

Today…\u00a0 I was talking with my Mom, telling her that Mary played in a ball tournament.\u00a0 “How’d they do?, she asks.”\u00a0 I responded… “Not so good Mom.\u00a0 They finished fourth.”<\/p>\n

Mom thought for a minute and said, “Welllll.\u00a0 Somebody has to finish fourth.”<\/p>\n

And there you have it.\u00a0 Somebody has to finish fourth.\u00a0 We all can’t be winners all the time.\u00a0 As much as we’d like to be.<\/p>\n

Sure, there are times when we draw the Ace of Spades and the One-Eyed Jack.\u00a0\u00a0 Or score the goal.\u00a0 Or even pick the RIGHT line at the grocery store.\u00a0 But life has just as many fourth-place finishes.<\/p>\n

Even still.\u00a0 You haven’t totally lost it all.\u00a0 There is something to be thankful for in most any case.\u00a0 (…. as long as there are more than four teams… )<\/p>\n

And believe me… There are ALWAYS more than four teams.\u00a0 Always a bigger scheme of things.<\/p>\n

“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them. “Every day begin the task anew.”
\n<\/span> – Saint Francis de Sales
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