[Jerboa]

There is an old Chinese story I think about whenever I begin steaming about a bad beat, or a bad session. It always seems to put me back in the correct frame of mind.
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Two monks were walking along the road back to their temple, the temple elder, and a newly ordained initiate. They come to the ford, the river swolen by spring rains, and encounter a young bride in her wedding dress in tears.

"Please, sirs, help me" she says. "I must get to my wedding on the other side of the river, but if I try to cross, it will ruin my wedding dress!"

"Climb on my back child, I will carry you across" said the elder monk.

This she did, and once across the monk sets her down.

"Thank you! Thank you!" she cries, and runs down the path to her wedding. The monks return to their temple.

Back at the temple, the young initiate could stand it no longer.

"Master!" the young monk cried, "How could you let that girl touch you! She was not purified! You risked your eternal soul!"

The elder smiled sadly. "My son," he calmly replied, "I stopped carrying that poor girl on my back at the riverside. Why is it you have not?"
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Perhaps she need to leave her bad session behind?