02/12/2026
The year was 1936 and John Steinbeck finally finished writing his masterpiece โOf Mice and Menโ. He put the finished manuscript on the table and went out to unwind. When he returned, he discovered that his dog Toby decided to eat the fresh manuscript for dinner - and it was Johnโs only copy (he forgot to save a copy on his computer, and actually didnโt have a computer...)
Steinbeck didnโt rage, he didnโt punish Toby; he sat down and within the next 30 days, he wrote a new, sharper, better copy of the book, the one that we know today.
He definitely could have raged, he certainly could have blamed the dog. He could have blamed the circumstances, get mad at the world and give upโฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ.
Itโs not about what happens to you.
Itโs about what you decide to do next.
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐.
