I think I’ve learned, over the last 15 years, that happiness in life isn’t best measured by what you achieve. It’s measured by what you overcome. For me, that has meant overcoming the sheer weight of my own mistakes.
If you try and pretend that you don’t make mistakes, you lose the chance to do remarkable things. You’ll spend your time doing safe things. Celebrate your mistakes. Don’t glorify them — but look on them as chips that can be cashed in for future success. You can’t achieve perfection. Even if you can fool the rest of the world into thinking you have.
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Joan, Tiny Spells #118