we all make mistakes …
but how do we respond when we do?
do we beat ourselves up?
do we torment ourselves, dissecting
all the ways we failed
over and over and over and over?
do we pull back, hiding away our brilliance, forever after
afraid to dream big?
or … do we speak to ourselves
as kindly as we would
to our dearest friend?
do we take accountability,
fix what we broke, and
learn from the experience?
do we try again, undaunted?