epic fail

First, some quotes:

"All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter.  Try again.  Fail again.  Fail better."
-Samuel Beckett

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default."
-J. K. Rowling

"If at first you don't succeed, redefine what you did as success."
-Stephen Colbert

And lastly, my personal favorite:

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. Then quit. There's no use in being a damn fool about it."
-W. C. Fields

My random thought of the day is obviously about failure.  Or more importantly, the lack of trying.  Sure, eventually every sane person will give up.  Or as the always smart and ultra sexy Stephen Colbert says, they will alter their definition of success.  I personally alter my definition once I think I've worn out every effort to get what I want.  To succeed. 

But what happens at the start of trying?  What motivates you - or me specifically - to try for what I want at all?  Well, usually when the people around me see that I want something, really need it, am almost begging for it, they encourage me.  They press me to be better.  To do more.  To try.  To exacerbate all forms of trying until I am spent.  Then, and only then, will my dear friends and family turn to me and say 'Tara, I just don't think this is going to work'. 

Well, recently I have been in want of something.  A large and complicated something.  Still, my friends have been there for me.  My brother has personally aided me in getting what I want.  Another friend said she would in anyway she could.  And still another gave me a nice 'good luck' pep talk and wants to be kept informed of any positive developments.  So, why then may I ask, has one person in particular let me down?

I suppose I don't rightly know the answer to that question.  I don't rightly care either.  I will not give up so soon.  I will not fold until I am darn good and ready to.  I just wish that everyone was behind me on this.  But I suppose that being encouraging may just be something that they fail at.