Always look forward, never back. When you make a mistake, its a mistake, reset and get ready for the next one.
Javier Baez made two errors on the defensive side in Game 7 of the World Series. He pulled himself together and walked up to the plate and hit a home run.
David Ross did the same thing. After a bad throw that advanced the runners and falling over on a wild pitch that led to two scored runs, he shook it off and went to bat that resulted in a home run.
The Chicago Cubs won the World Series after being behind three games to one when you need four to win a best of seven series. They ended up winning three games in a row, one at home and two on the road, to win their first World Series in one hundred and eight years.
It would of been easy to give up on the Cubs. Sell the team to a new city, fans turn their backs and root for someone else. But none of those things happened. And all the faith and all the cheering and all the gear supporting the team paid off in the end. They learned from their mistakes, they didn't ruminate on them, they had slumps, but bounced back to have the greatest victory of all.
When you feel you can't write, have nothing to shoot, no inspiration to do your art. Think about the Cubs and how they never gave up. Think about pro athletes because they all fail at the drop of a hat, have to pick themselves up and go at it again, succeed or fail, again and again and again.
And we love them when they win and hate them when they fail, if your a fan, a reporter or critic. That might be why we hate ourselves so much when we fail, because we thing everyone feels about us the way we feel about our team. But just remember, deep down we always love our team. And the players, although they may have failed, have to look forward to the next play, next game, next season.
Their are winners and losers, but no one is a real loser. It's just a game, it's just a job, it's just an election, it's just [fill in the blank].
Keep creating, keep moving, don't look back and feel sorry for yourself when things don't work out. Pick yourself up and keep moving forward.
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