{"id":315,"date":"2015-03-03T15:48:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T15:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthchicchatter.com\/?p=315"},"modified":"2015-03-03T15:48:28","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T15:48:28","slug":"the-art-of-trying-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Trying Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.\u201d -W.<\/span> Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it funny how we expect life\u2019s journey to be a linear line\u2026except we know it\u2019s really full of detours, closed doors, or rain? S..tuff happens. It\u2019s easy to fall off the wagon and get off course. It happens to the best of us. That\u2019s life. And that\u2019s okay. It\u2019s not failure; not yet. The only real mistake we make is to stop trying. \u201cIf you fall down seven times, stand up eight.\u201d In other words, you find out who you truly are and what you are capable of in cloudy weather. We build character through perseverance\u2013 which is, quite simply, the art of trying again\u2026and again. Mister \u201cC\u201d summed it up nicely, didn\u2019t he?
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\nI\u2019ve been sucker punched many a time in life. You too, right? Things happened that knocked me to my knees. Then, the obstacles seemed so\u2026BIG. \u201cWe are moving (four states away at age 16).\u201d \u201cYour dad died this morning.\u201d \u201c6-7% of individuals with your type of AML are alive after 10 years.\u201d Infidelity and divorce in the midst of chemo. Seeking energy, normalcy and laughter with 3 &5 year olds when chemo ravages your body. In the midst of those times, they seemed awful. Looking back, each of those challenges provided wonderful silver linings, laughter, and love. Would I want to repeat them? Um, no. Was I fearless? Heck no. I fell. I feared. I skinned my knees. Yet Winston would be proud\u2014I became a master stumbler, repeatedly.<\/p>\n

\u201cCourage doesn\u2019t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, \u2018I will try again tomorrow.\u2019\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If a door closes, expect an open window. Or consider, perhaps, another door. In other words, the key to opening a door is to keep on knocking\u2013 excitedly, expectantly. Sometimes a solution appears when we relax our idea of what life \u201cshould\u201d be and view detours not as \u201cbad\u201d but as opportunities to knock on a different door. We might be surprised to discover that a setback is a wonderful opportunity\u2013one we would have missed had we given up. The key is to keep moving and keep looking for ways to reach your goal. \u201cA body at motion stays in motion\u201d in physics and in life\u2026for every step takes us somewhere.<\/p>\n

Winston Churchill says to stumble from failure to failure. A lot. The next time life throws a curve ball, take a deep breath, dust off your skinned knees and get back up. But don\u2019t stop dreaming. Don\u2019t stop going. Keep on knocking and trust your abilities. Try again.<\/p>\n

Consider every day \u201crace\u201d day. And compete. For you. For your health. For your family. For your community.<\/p>\n

Simply, compete<\/strong>. And remember, life isn\u2019t about avoiding the storms, but learning how to dance (or stumble) in the rain.<\/p>\n

(My blog initially posted by\u00a0\u00a0Compete Every Day<\/a>…a great online business providing inspirational athletic wear and fashion attire. Be sure to check them out and sign up for their emails!)<\/p>\n

Be fit. Live Strong. Laugh often. And, smile.<\/p>\n

Lisa<\/em><\/p>\n

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Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.\u201d -W. Churchill Isn\u2019t it funny how we expect life\u2019s journey to be a linear line\u2026except we know it\u2019s really full of detours, closed doors, or rain? S..tuff happens. It\u2019s easy to fall off the wagon and get off course. It happens to the …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,20,35,14,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healthy-eating","category-life","category-motivation","category-wellness-2","category-workouts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/HealthChicChatter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}