The Black Eye

One of the most important things to remember about a black eye is that at some time or another we are all going to get them and eventually the visual and/or emotional impact of a black eye is going to go away. Ideally, what ever circumstances and resulting visual or emotional impact resulting from what lead to the black eye and the associated damage, will long be remembered and have a positive impact on our lives and the direction we are headed. Black eyes are a tough way to learn lessons but they are better than not learning at all. The sudden and forceful event that resulted in a black eye is memorably shocking and that is good!

Life has a funny way of getting our attention and through some "black-eye" event remind us and teaches us what we need to learn in order to get better. The "black-eye" moments are those moments that dramatically get our attention and scream for immediate action. We must do something right now because of the damage and perhaps that is true. But what is more important is that we immediately accept that the damage done will highlight something that we should improve on. The changes necessary to prevent these "black-eye" circumstances from reoccurring can be positive steps to learning how to and how not to.

There is no victory in allowing "black-eye" events to change your goals. Move on by accepting the reality that the event did occur, there is visual or emotional damage and proceed toward a change in your life that will result in positive outcomes. The victory is found in your response and how willing you are to accept that a mistake was made, you put yourself in a challenging position and got walloped because of that decision and you are going to change so that you never allow that to happen again.

Being in the wrong place at the wrong time in a racquetball court while playing doubles. 
I do not play doubles any longer. Lesson learned.