To Jane

I'm sure we can all totally relate to what you're feeling right now. Wether it's making a mistake, overbooking, or giving into our bad habits, when we do that, then we just throw our hands up in the air and say, "Oh well."

Sometimes for me, it's if I give in and "cheat". In my previous life (before this contest) if I'd 'cheat' and eat something unhealthy, I'd just think, "Well, I've already had that, so I might as well enjoy the rest of the day and go all out, and start over again tomorrow.

That is when the downward spiral begins.

The key is, to acknowledge that it happened. Accept it. Figure out why it happened. Recognize how you feel because it happened. Realize you do not what to feel that way again. Take steps to make sure it doesn't happen again.

If it does, repeat. Repeat and repeat until we realize the consequences of our 'giving in' (or whatever you want to call it) are not worth it.

Any experience can be transformed into something of value to us; IF WE JUST LET IT!!! Everything depends on the way we look at things. We cannot have the successes without the failures, right? :)

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

So Jane, just keep keeping on! It's OK! We all still love you!