Thank you, @Wolfman .
Here is the full quote:
I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan.
That's the thing, the secret if there were one, is to never give up, to always try, to believe in one's dreams and in themselves. Here's a couple of other quotes that are similar:
Fall seven times, stand up eight. - Japanese proverb
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again... - Proverbs 24:16a.
That's right. Every day is brand new, a new grace, a new chance to get up, to be different, to change. Yes, changes are incremental and can start an unstoppable motion toward transformation. Up close it may not look like much is happening, but little by little we wear away the false self, and give rise to who we were meant to be.
I really needed to read this today so thank you Phineas. In regards to your lapse, I think you are already using it as the proverbial 'canary in a cage' to address lingering habits around social media which is the mindset we should all take to each relapse right? Consolidating the positives of lessons learn and healing made over the previous months rather than falling into the trap of the "oh no not day 1 again" downward spiral.
Wishing you strength, focus & purpose on your 10 day probation period. You got this!