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If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same

In that moment I know I am happy. I look up to the blue sky and give thanks.

It made me aware of making sure my friends and family always feel they are number one. That I remember to let them know how much I cherish them.

There’s only two times in life, there’s now and there’s too late.

‘You always have to make decisions in your life, Anh. And don’t kid yourself; when you don’t decide, that’s a decision.’

Since then, whenever I’ve had to go into battle as the underdog, I know in my heart that an extraordinary result is a very possible outcome.

But allowing someone who had even less than we did to live with us made us feel incredibly fortunate, wealthy even.

The next morning we woke up to find several thousand dead ducks. 😲

‘There’s only two times in life, there’s now and there’s too late.’

But my father treated that loss as if it were a win, and it was a lesson that stayed with me for a long time. If the worst happens, if you lose and fail, but you still celebrate coming second because you've given it a red hot go. There is no need to fear failure.