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What if nothing comes from our devotion, effort, faith and work?

Samuel Beckett said:
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.


But...what's the measure of failure? When should we declare 'time-out'?

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    Lejan . 30+

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    Jan 31 2013: Questions like these could be takes as a measure for the time has come for having a 'time out'.

    Besides our usual lot of frustration and disappointments, which are part of the game and usually gone by the next 'high-tide', a serious sign to me is to little or no water to return, compared by my 'internal' average, which makes me move to discover new shores... :o)
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      Feb 2 2013: Yes, I agree. And maybe following the road to the new shore we arrive where we intended to arrive.... Life moves in circles ;-)
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        Lejan . 30+

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        Feb 2 2013: And as long those circles aren't vicious, we ought to be fine ...

        Sometimes intentional destinations are just initiations to make us move and maybe to find places we like even better and would never have found otherwise. The true beauty of chance ... :o)

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