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Always Fall Down, Never Stay Down

Its that time of year again! When stress and worries become the anthem, and failures seem like biblical beasts, inconcorable. Some people lose their will to fight the moment they are faced with footfalls. Some folk prepare as if they are going off to war, but as the stress mounts, they go blank. They sabotage themselves and then mentally beat up a tiny version of themselves for what they perceive as an unforgivable offence.   After this comes the advice. The helpful suggestions, the further condemnations .The best advice that anyone can give- or receive- about life is, to go through life like an infant. When a baby is just learning to walk, there are bound to be failures. No baby has ever just gotten up and walked. They get up, they stumble, they fall, but most importantly they never get discouraged, they never fall down and then stay down. No matter how hard the floor is, no matter if their adults are frightened for them; at best they’ll wait maybe 10 minutes before they are right