“If you can meet with triumph and disaster
‘If,’ Rudyard Kipling
And treat those two impostors just the same;”
During his 1990 Commencement Address to Kenyon College, Bill Watterson (Creator of Calvin & Hobbes), speaking on several things he didn’t like to do, then said, “I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success. You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive. At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.”
When I read Watterson’s address the part of this phrase that stuck out to me was ‘cultivate the resources in yourself.’
As a runner, this short video spoke to me about this cultivation…
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBlyUpFRZ7v/?igsh=MWQzbWpmaTZranF6ag==
Since you’ve made it this far, tell me, what do you do to experience happiness outside of success and failure?
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