I was up about three hundred dollars in a $1-$2 no-limit game and decided to play K-9 of hearts. The flop was Qh-Th-2h. I flopped a king high flush and thought, "This should be easy money."

A guy bets twenty-five bucks, everyone folded, and I called. I thought, "I'll call him the entire way and then raise all-in at the end." The turn brought another ten and the river was a four.

My opponent bet and I went all-in, just like I planned. He called, just like I planned too. He showed a set of tens and I confidently turned over my K-9 of hearts ... which turned out to be a K-9 of diamonds.

I thought they were hearts the whole time. I made a mistake, a three hundred dollar mistake. Don't laugh. I used to laugh about things like this, until it happened to me.

I tried not to think about my foolish mistake. I kept myself busy with other things but thoughts of that hand kept creeping into my mind. How could I have been so dumb? How could I have made that kind of mistake? I always thought that was a senior citizen kind of error. Shame on me; I realize now, that it could happen to anybody. I felt dumb and guilty.

I tried hard to distract myself but nothing worked. Distraction was not the solution, I learned. I learned that ignoring your feelings does not make them go away.

First, one must allow themselves to feel the emotion before it can be released. Most people (especially men) think bottling it up or trying to forget will make the ugly go away. After we feel an emotion, it can be released because it has no place else to go. Just like humor, when something funny happens, our laughter releases that emotion.

"In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions."

-Henry Ward Beecher Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody has bad things happen to them. The difference between success and failure is never giving up. That's the key to success.

Never give up because... You are destined to be great. You are destined to be full of Joy. You are destined to go far beyond what you have ever imagined. You are destined to heal. You are destined to shine like a beautiful star. You are destined to grow in gratitude. You are destined to grow in faith. You are destined to walk the road less traveled. You are destined to have love pulsating in your mind, body and most importantly, in your heart at all times. You are destined to believe that all things happen for a reason even though we don't know why. You are destined to become better and better. You are destined to grow in humility. You are destined to have everything you want and better than you imagined. You are destined to rise from the ashes. You are destined. You are destined. You are destined.

As Austin Powers puts it, "Ya gotta get your mojo back baby." Let's get ours back in this spring when all things are born.