Have you failed yet today?

Captain_Tightpants

Have you failed yet today?
I know I have.
I failed just a moment ago.
A brief thought
A passing whim
That, had I translated it into action...
...well, you get the point.

Sometimes I do translate it into action.
Sometimes I feed the thought
And keep feeding it until
I feel sick.

And sometimes I don't.

Tick tock. Tick tock.
It's all just a pendulum swing.
It's what makes us human.
To fail is human.
To succeed is human.
None of it is good or bad.
They are just labels on actions.
But they're the wrong labels.

I prefer "skillful"
or "unskillful" as the case may be.
Because when the thought comes along,
and begs to be fed.
I can ask myself, as my hand reaches out,
"Is this skillful?
Or is it unskillful?"
And sometimes that's an easier
question to answer
Than is this "good or bad?"

Have you failed yet today?
I know I have.
I failed just a moment ago.
And in the next moment.
Maybe I won't.