As Close as Far Can Be

Muffit · August 26th, 2003, 07:34 PM

I was thinking today, isn’t it better to be close to succeeding rather than far from it? Don’t we all want to be within eyeshot of our goals, even if we can’t quite reach them?

I thought so, till I realized something. I play the online lotto like many others and daily receive the disappointing results. I am lucky to get 1 out of 7, and every day is pretty much the same. Then it dawned on me. How would I feel if I got 6 out of 7? How awful I would feel!!! So close and yet so far!

You see, being so close to your goal and still missing it is so much more painful than missing it by a mile. Like studying for years to be a lawyer and taking out expensive loans only to miss passing the Bar by a fraction. Or bidding at an auction on the dream of a lifetime and missing it by mere dollars.

We were so close to having our beloved Battlestar Galactica back as it was. Yet being so close, and feeling it is now so far from what we remember, is tearing us apart, both as individuals and as a group. It is so hard to be this close to your dream and miss it still.

I never really believed I would win the lotto. But I truly thought I would see my beloved cast and theme again. It’s 6 out of 7 numbers, and I barely get a fraction of the payoff.

The closer I feel to my dreams, the farther they are away. I’m as close as far can be.

BST · August 26th, 2003, 07:53 PM

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It is so hard to be this close to your dream and miss it still.

Muffit,

A loss is still a loss no matter how close you were to a win. That's one of the cruel lessons of life.

Wonderful post.

BST

amberstar · August 26th, 2003, 08:00 PM

At least you took a chance and will try again. Some people never get up their nerve to even try! Now that's what I call really loosing.
Amberstar

jewels · August 27th, 2003, 11:17 AM

beautiful thoughts as usual Muffit. I think it's exactly what the reviewers didn't understand: there were 2, maybe 3 options TPTB didn't greenlight that would have been closer to our mark--so close yet what we are getting is so far. (I fail to see Glen screwing up his own story as bad as Moore, if he had the true creative control lacking from G-80)

That is what the reviewing folks don't get: part of why we are so hurt and angry is how close what we wanted was to actually being shot.

jewels

Muffit · August 27th, 2003, 11:42 AM

Thank you BST, amberstar and jewels. I very much appreciate you reading and your kind replies.

shiningstar · August 27th, 2003, 07:24 PM

Well said Muffit. But at least You TRIED. Alot of people
would have simply GIVEN up and refused to make the
effort at all. I'd rather be scant INCHES from my goals
and then not be able to have achieved them ............

Then NOT to have TRIED at all.

Muffit · August 27th, 2003, 08:37 PM

Very true shiningstar, we try each and every day, when we breathe, when we walk, when we engage in life. Success is not the measure of how close we came to our dreams, but how hard we tried.

Thanks!