I guess what I am saying by this is life is defined by losses not wins.
a win is nothing more then preventing another loss.
x= losses, y= wins
if x-y=0 is the best you can do, how many of you honestly are >0 ?
I realized that in my life I have never even come close to 0, generally below -100 or more. if you are above 0 then I admire you, and wish I had a chance at your life
My friend, life is been a fikle bit!@ to me lately, and I can tell you this, I tried the whole x-y=0 math to figure it out. No, you never will be at 0, or a numerical value close to it... and that's the problem, it can't be measured in solid numbers and decimals. If you do then you have this always growing number, and it will always be working against you... adding up and becoming larger with each passing day... the math will always be there, but that doesn't mean you have to keep a complete tally of it and carry it on to the next day... besides, that's what we have credit cards for.
If life becomes about the numbers, you're doomed to be disapointed... the x-y=0 thing, money, where you precisely rank amongst others/peers, shoe size, you're wife/girlfriend's bust size, etc.. You must simplify how you measure your goals, take it one day at a time, the good/bad, the nice/unpleasant, the big/small. There are good days and there are bad days. There are days where you make money or loose money. There are days where you did poor, ok, or were the best amongst your peers... everyone has a bad day though. There are days where you gain a shoe size and days where you drop something on your foot and break a toe.
Just wake up the next day, tackle the good, remember the good from the day before. Know and don't be surprised by the bad... that just means you're unprepared, but don't let two bad things in a day much up one or only good thing.