The Beam

A gymnast does exercises on a beam.  They walk on it, balance, twist and turn.  Sometimes they fall off.  What then?  They just pick themselves up and get back onto the beam.  A cowboy/cowgirl in a rodeo falls off the horse or bull.  What does the cowboy or cowgirl do?  Get up and gets back onto the animal.  Falling off is not failure.  It is part of the learning experience.  So if you fall off of something, fall off the wagon, as they say, or fall out of something, it is all about a learning experience.  Don’t beat yourself up.  Just get up and try again.  Learning requires preparation and experience with failure.  In sports you fail a lot, but just try again.  No one is perfect.