There’s always tomorrow

Success. Finally. I can virtually taste it. If it was a tangible thing I could grasp I would press it
against my pounding heart of joy. This moment is the one I’ve been waiting for, striving for and now it’s here. I’m close, so close.

I hold my breath, something’s wrong. Euphoria is washed away by tears of frustration. I shrug off my cloak of failure, take this feeling and stack it neatly with my pile of nearlys, virtuallys and just abouts. My wall of possibilities grows higher and higher.

It almost worked, almost.

There’s always tomorrow.

The Streams of Consciousness prompt today was ‘almost.’ I immediately thought of Thomas Edison’s inspiring quote ‘I haven’t failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that didn’t work.’ He never gave up trying to invent the lightbulb. Never give up on your dreams.

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14 thoughts on “There’s always tomorrow”

I love your response to Linda’s prompt! I completely understand those “nearlys, virtuallys and just abouts” as I have so many myself. Connecting to your blog. Have a great weekend!

FabricatingFiction says:

May 30, 2015 at 4:29 pm

Thanks Lori. I’m just waiting for my ‘I did it’ moment!

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- loricarlson66 says:
  
  May 30, 2015 at 4:32 pm
  
  *nods* I’m waiting for mine too!
- FabricatingFiction says:
  
  May 30, 2015 at 4:35 pm
  
  Good luck 🙂
- loricarlson66 says:
  
  May 30, 2015 at 4:41 pm
  
  You too!

Nicely written, Louise. 🙂 Love the quote too!

I love this this sentence: I shrug off my cloak of failure, take this feeling and stack it neatly with my pile of nearlys, virtuallys and just abouts. Perfect!