"It's better to try and fail than to never try at all."
One of those timeless but timely quotations.

A coworker of mine said "you can't fault anyone for trying."

I'm not entirely convinced of either statement, but it only applies
to me.  In other words, I can't fault anyone else for trying and failing,
but if I try and fail, I'll never let go of it, and I sure as heck won't try
again.

Then, somewhere down the road I decide I'll try it again, and the whole
process starts over.  My new approach is "if at first you fail, stop trying,
and do something else."  This way, I try all kinds of things, and only keep
doing those things I first succeed at.  It has not gotten me very far in
life.  I don't want to take the time and employ the rigor necessary for me
to learn something; but, I NEED to, as much as I don't want to.

Gustaf

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Roland
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 5:59 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT:] read-only mode
>
>
> I think 'you can do anything'   as a possibilty
> but you can't do everything,    in terms of time
> so many people end up doing nothing.
>
> So keep at it.
>
> Roland
>
> At 02:07 PM 29/02/04 -0500, you wrote:
> >I am starting a class this week, so I will be in read-only mode on the
> >piclist for the next few weeks.  Besides, this list is CLEARLY
> WAY OVER MY
> >HEAD.  I have LOADS of archive reading to do.  I'm not throwing
> in the towel
> >(yet) but I hate pointing out publicly how stupid I am.  Time for me to
> >reconsider my activities, and see if I'm really up for the journey into
> >electronics I've been fantasizing about.  The mind is NOT a limitless
> >resource, as some would have us believe. I will never tell my
> children "you
> >can do anything" because that's just not true. :)
> >
> >See you soon.
> >
> >Gustaf
> >
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