One thing I hope people say about me

This one took me a while to think about. I doubted my first thought and I have now gone back around to my first gut reaction.

I want people to say that I tried. When I do something, I put a lot of thought, time and energy into it. If I do something, I want to do it well. And even if it does not come out right in the end, I want it to be acknowledged that I did try. I may have made a wrong decision. I may have trusted the wrong sources. I will have always tried to do the best that I can do.

I hope that others can see that I mean well, even when I fail. The end result may not have been what anyone wanted, but I still tried.

A lot of people put too much focus on those end results or outcomes. I think we all need to put more emphasis on what we did to get there. Sometimes you can do everything right and it will still turn out wrong. I am not saying I need a trophy or a medal for trying. I just want the effort to be acknowledged and to not have my failures become my identity.