Bill Roper's Journal

Let me first say that I absolutely love the movie Groundhog Day and really identify with the theme.
I think there is the martyrdom side of what you're talking about but then there is also the side of doing everything possible but still not succeeding fully, but hoping you've helped someone else or paved the way for others behind you. I've been trying to get away from the mindset of the first but not lose the qualities of the second - though I don't have as much idealistic energy for the second as I once did :).