Fall Down Nine Times, Get up Ten

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Fall down nine times, get up ten.” ― Japanese Proverb

Have you ever worked on something hour after hour day after day to only have it erased. Well, that recently happened to me. If you have been following the blog, you will know that I had a eBook set to release at the end of October.

You will also notice that didn’t happen and I haven’t posted much in the last month. I had a slew of things go wrong–or go right if you look at it from a cosmic universal perspective and all that. Nonetheless, they were challenges that I wasn’t really interested in dealing with.

First, I lost all of the latest changes that I had incorporated into my eBook and the introductory audio file that went along with it when my computer crashed. In addition to loosing the book and audio file, all of my email correspondence and everything else I had not backed up since September. Yes, it could have been a lot worse, but it was still frustrating. And on top of having to rebuild my computer, I was in quite a bit of pain from a back injury that I suffered in October. The odd thing about the injury was that there was no position that I could get comfortable in. Sitting. Standing and most painful for me was laying down; especially on my side.

It just seemed like I couldn’t catch a break. Taking care of myself, giving time to my son and my relationship, working, getting sick and being in pain was just too much. As they say, somethings gotta give and it was my blogging. Slowly over the last two months, things have improved and I am up to hitting the keyboard again.

Of course, I’ll have to redo a large section of the eBook and re-record the audio file (I may not do this), but like I said before, it could be worse. I am a positive person and know that all of this shall pass and IS passing. When I reflect on the past two months I am reminded of one of my favorite poems.

“DON’T QUIT” Author Unknown

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow–
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out–
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit–
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

- Author unknown

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