Being too hard on yourself

What happens when you expect too much? Or you always want things to be just right?

You either learn that its impossible for things to go your way or as per your plans always. Physical limits, personal shortcomings, circumstances, other people, plain rotten luck. Anything or everything could go wrong. In the war that is life, you win some and you lose some. Or you remain an obstinate mule and throw your feet up in the air until you are given what you want. (That maybe adorable when a pretty 2 year old does it but a fully grown adult doing that is, quite frankly, plain revolting)

Its ok to be a perfectionist. To want the best. To be the best. To settle for nothing less. Eventually.

Defeat or failure is fine. And there can be two responses to failure.

You could panic, gasp, shiver, shudder, tremble, suffocate and die like a fish out of water does. Be as helpless and pathetic and pitiable as that. Those who care for you may cry and wish you had achieved your potential.

Or like the lizard you could regrow the rest of your body if you have managed to salvage just your tail.

And live to see another day.

And maybe, conquer it.

So, what's it gonna be?