A Come Back

It seems to me that sometimes it is good to be reminded of the things that really matter.  In the James Clear email this week he had this statement, “"You can't make a comeback if you don't start."
I was reminded of a speech by Sam to Frodo in “Lord of the Rings,” “It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy. How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened. But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something. FRODO: What are we holding on to, Sam? “
The question that Frodo asks is pertinent to me.  What am I holding on to?  If it is what matters than a comeback is always a good thing.  It seems to me that so often people give up.  Been there, done that.  Who I am is not perfect, but it is hungry.  Giving up means I will never find food.  Pressing in when things are tough is so often the way to find a feast.
It seems to me that often what is worthwhile is not easy.  It takes work and application.  It often takes making mistakes and learning from them.  It takes admitting I am wrong.  It takes acknowledging I am not the be all and end all.  Life went on before me and it will go on after me.
As they would say in Mission Impossible, ‘My role (which I have chosen to accept) is to be the best of what I am meant to be.”  It may be someone with a high profile, or it may be someone with no profile.  I remember hearing someone who was incredibly successful say that when they started out it was cleaning toilets.  But their thinking at that time was “I am going to be the best toilet cleaner ever.”
That to me says heaps.  I know perfection in what I do may be a step too far.  But perfection in who I am is a goal worth working towards.  All too often I blow it but a come back is on the cards.  Having the best mentor ever helps.