tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822839939627192494.post8891542996732400843..comments2023-12-08T21:55:30.375-06:00Comments on Life, Love, and Food: To the LimitRosiecat24http://www.blogger.com/profile/07219527037186545061noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822839939627192494.post-52311465404396373652008-06-21T17:40:00.000-05:002008-06-21T17:40:00.000-05:00My dear JD,Yes! I love your example of running to...My dear JD,<BR/>Yes! I love your example of running to illustrate the challenge of striving for that which we don't KNOW from experience that we can do. Running is a very concise example; I think graduate school or other professional challenges are harder to grasp unless you have experienced them yourself.<BR/><BR/>I do believe we learn a great deal from our failures. That has certainly been true for me this year--success in the lab has been rare and small. But I want to remain optimistic that success is still within my reach, so I keep trying. I'm still learning--that's why it's called grad SCHOOL. I need to remember that.<BR/><BR/>I love your optimism, JD. It's one of my favorite things about you. That and your absolutely infectious laugh. You are awesome.Rosiecat24https://www.blogger.com/profile/07219527037186545061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6822839939627192494.post-21823880842832440072008-06-21T09:55:00.000-05:002008-06-21T09:55:00.000-05:00RA, I think you eloquently deal with that gray ar...RA,<BR/> I think you eloquently deal with that gray area between success and failure. In other words success really means that we need to try harder and fail in the future. I think this is especially acute in athletics and especially running. If you run a 5K in 28 minutes and you are not broken and dead at the end, well then of course you can go faster. <BR/><BR/>It is disappointing to get to that point, but usually "failure" is what spurs me on to be better. Without failure we would all be some over confident jerks who succeed without any effort. what fun would that be??? So here is to failure...and all the future successes that will come out of it.JD @ run-thru-life.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196732007819344467noreply@blogger.com