Earlier today, the US soccer team's run of anxiety promoting, heartburn inducing, cardiac-arresting, come-back wins - came to an end. And hence, their long-shot run at winning the coveted World Cup is alas, not gonna happen. Sob sob/sniff sniff.
Oh well, it was (mostly) fun, while it lasted.
So now what!? Wallow in self-pity? Scream at the moon? Kick the dog? Huff and puff and fuss and muss about the injustice and bummer of it all? Nah - it's done. It's over. Onward and upward.
As much as that "onward and upward" cliche can sometimes be used in a kind of flippant, callous and condescending manner - in this case, it fits; like it does in many situations at work, in business and in life. Sure - sometimes things can happen (especially when we are on the losing end of things) that need serious reflection, and can cause a lifetime (or at a minimum, a short-time) worth of coulda/shoulda/woulda wishful thinking.
But not here. Not in this case. In this case, it was fun while it lasted. (Albeit sometimes agonizingly fun.) No one got hurt. The world is still going. It's time for us to move onward and upward. Repeat: onward and upward. Because in the big scheme of things - what with all the other crazy stuff that we have to deal with at work, family, and life - this is just one of those times/situations/events - that deserves the OU treatment.
Onward and Upward is Good.
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