H,

The
fear is always that you cannot go at it again. There is this underpinning
notion that you only have one shot at everything. The flawed logic of catchy
Eminem songs aside, no one takes their first stab at anything worthwhile with
much success. Life is much more managing failure than dwelling in success. We
are always trying things to learn, through defeat, the most intelligent
ways to succeed. This is the human lot; to create in chaos and learn not just
the truth of the thing but the lies that push away from what will forever be.

 

There
should be no fear of starting over. We are always essentially doing this, in
some way or the other. We know the whole story. We are finding ourselves in the
details. We are learning who we were always meant to be. There is no home on
earth for a true pilgrim. The experiences we go through are just touchstones
for the divine nature of everything. The temporal nature of this life we pursue
is a pointer to transience and, later, transformation. We are always becoming
better than we are today. We do not need a speech or a mentor or a guide to
tell us this. Success and failure are not destinations; they are points on the
same road. We are on a voyage to become the sort of people and live in the sort
of place where all failure is ended and impossible.