I was using AI to research quotes for a book project when I came across this from Winston Churchill: ‘Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.’ 

Now, it turns out that the quote is falsely attributed to Churchill. Nonetheless, it was a welcome reminder never to take the good days for granted or assume that they will continue.  

The same for the bad: there will always be days when you mess up, fall short, arrive late, shout at your kids or watch a car drive through a big puddle and soak you. 

Life is made up of good days, bad days and somewhere-in-between days. And all we can do is enjoy the good days, embrace the bad ones and know that whatever kind of day we’re having, it will pass, and that life should be lived accordingly.  

And for some extra homework, teach your children to do the same thing. Because, just like Churchill didn’t say, ‘it is the courage to continue that counts’.