Downfall

       'Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.' - John Wooden

       The possibility of failure has too often kept me awake until first light – and I do not imply any specific failure. Rather, the general idea that there are too many aspects of human knowledge that shall forever remain beyond me; too many roads I shall never walk; too many mysteries that shall always be outside my comprehension.

       This is what failure means to me – the inability to be better. The end of my will, the boundaries of my endurance, the faltering of my strength. The final drop of disillusionment that is always the tipping point that drives me towards despair…

       I am only human. There will come a day when I will fail.

       But I will always rise above my errors, overcome my misconceptions and strive for greater understanding.

       It is the only way, I believe, to become better than you think you can be.