I am proof of the fact that it can be difficult to follow your own advice. I had not realized just how well I proved that fact until I stopped for a moment earlier this week and viewed recent goings on at the Firm through the prism of a conversation Rob and I had, regarding recent goings on at his job, when the Missus and I were in Colorado in mid-December.
It was not until this recent moment of self-reflection that I appreciated the irony (or hypocrisy if you are a particularly tough grader) of my own reaction to my situation. 'Tis true I reckon that "regret is an especially bitter pill to swallow when in self-pity you choose to wallow."
No more. The things that have been done shall not be undone. There is but one thing for me to do, which is to continue to go about my day-to-day aspiring to perform at the highest possible level. It is an action plan that offers zero minutes during the day to wallow, to feel sorry for oneself, or to act upon one's anger. It is an action plan that forces me to remember that in the forward-moving exercise that Life is, one moves forward on more than one plane.
So it goes. And so soon shall I too. Onward and upward.
-AK
Thanks, Bill. Pep talk appreciated. I've the cat-like ability to land on my feet. I'll be fine. Amazing the degree to which history repeats itself. Must confess feel quite a lot like the old man who gave all he had to the powers-that-be at Wardlaw only to get screwed over by them at every turn. That is indeed a lesson I learned from watching what he went through and knowing how to deal with it. No sense repeating the same mistake, right? I shall not do so.
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