Get It Right...

...and if you don't, persevere.

So maybe it's just a silly GLEE song, but these lyrics feel so completely appropriate for this moment.  It's hard to feel like you just keep coming up short.  Despite good intentions and effort... the end result just isn't what you had hoped for.  The hardest thing is when you know that it's the result of an inadequacy or error on your own part.  And the truth is that we are hopelessly inadequate.  I am starting to understand the incredibly frailty that comes with being human.  I spent so much of my life honestly believing that I could be Superwoman and it's a little deflating (and humbling) to realize that I am bound by my own limitations.

Now, before this turns into a mopey pity-party, there's a catch.  Maybe realizing my own inadequacy opens me up to call on something greater than myself.   Maybe watching things tumble down around me can teach me to let go of my own expectations for what should be and start appreciating what is.  And even when poor outcomes are the result of poor decisions, I have a freedom to pick myself back up and try again.  There is no such thing as irredeemable, for GRACE abounds. 

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Lyrics

What have I done? I wish I could
Away from this ship goin’ under
Just tryin’ to help, hurt everyone
Now I feel the weight of the world is
On my shoulders

What can you do when your good isn’t good enough?
When all that you touch tumbles down?
‘Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things
I just wanna fix it somehow

But how many it times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me?
To get it right
To get it ri-igh-ight

Can I start again with my faith shaken?
‘Cause I can’t go back and undo this
I just have to stay and face my mistakes
But if I get stronger and wiser
I’ll get through this

What can you do when your good isn’t good enough?
When all that you touch tumbles down?
‘Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things
I just wanna fix it somehow

But how many it times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me?
To get it right
To get it ri-igh-ight

So I throw up my fist
I will punch in the air
And accept the truth that sometimes life isn’t fair
Yeah, I’ll send out a wish
Yeah, I’ll send up a prayer
And finally, someone will see
How much I care!

What can you do when your good isn’t good enough?
When all that you touch tumbles down?
‘Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things
I just wanna fix it somehow

But how many it times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me?
To get it right
To get it ri-igh-ight