Toughen up buttercup

I was pretty much chewed out tonight for asking a question in which the person who I asked found the question annoying.  What can I learn from this?

In some respects, I think I should toughen up a bit.  Watching as much baseball as I have, the one thing I have learned that makes a great closer is a short memory.  They are quick to forget their success and quick to forget their blown saves.  In my own life, I have a tendency to dwell on the mistakes I make.  If I hope to have a career in medicine where people may die around me, I must be able to focus on the next task at hand for nothing that is in the past can be changed.  I also believe that there is something to be learned from every situation you come across if you chose to, regardless of the side.  If, for instance, you play poker and you lose a hand on a bluff, attempt to learn something from your opponent; perhaps you will be able to read his bluff in the future.  Finally, I believe most things in this life are a choice.  To take the two examples above, I can choose to attempt to toughen up from this experience by focusing on the next task at hand.  I can choose to learn something from this situation, perhaps a different mode of communication for one individual compared to another.  Hopefully another thing I can learn and choose to do is to not be so hard on myself.  I could quote all the trite definitions of failure, such as failure is not getting back up once you've fallen down etc, but instead I believe it is helpful to think of it as there are going to be times which you do not succeed.  Embrace it, learn from it, grow from it, and don't beat yourself up over it; it happens to the best of us.

Don't think it can be done.  I'd remind you what the ultimate life manual says on the subject...

"I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me"
                                                                            Philippians 4:13