THE COMEBACK

One of my more recent favorite films is  THE WRESTLER, in which the comeback kid, Mickey Rourke plays a comeback ring veteran, who got over the fact that he thought he was a has been, and rebuilt himself from the inside out to rise to the top.

The film is more complicated than I make it, but one moral is clear: never count yourself out.

Recently, I witnessed a young gal go blank for 30 seconds, while speaking to an audience of several thousand. She stood there, poised, until she regained her train of thought. Then she continued, seemingly unfazed by the lapse, and later admitted how she couldn't wait to seize the stage again.

This gal had chutzpah. This gal did not let a downer get her down.

This gal knew that the audience was behind her, feeling her pain perhaps even moreso than she. And she felt their relief and support when she regained her footing.

Remember--keep on keeping on.