Life is not a trap set for us by God, so that He can condemn us for failing. Life is not a spelling bee, where no matter how many words you have gotten right, if you make one mistake you are disqualified. Life is more like a baseball season, where even the best team loses one-third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance. Our goal is not to go all year without ever losing a game. Our goal is to win more than we lose, and if we can do that consistently enough, then when the end comes, we will have won it all.

— Harold S. Kushner in How Good Do We Have To Be? A New Understanding of Guilt and Forgiveness by Harold S. Kushner

 

To Practice This Thought:
Imagine the scoreboard of your life. Count everything as a win.

 

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