Failure is a positive word. That is, depending on how you choose to react to it.
I got to thinking about why failure is so embarrassing. Why are we ashamed of failure?
Why don’t we use that moment in time as a real learning curve?
No university can teach us as well about our own failures.
Marie Forleo has a term that I do subscribe to. She says “Everything is figureoutable”.
You can do whatever you set your mind to if you just roll up your sleeves, get in there, and do it. Everything is figureoutable.
MARIE FORLEO
Looking at the failed instances in our life with a different perspective will give us the courage to go forward.
Not only that but USING those instances as stepping stones helps us gain wings.
Failure has a purpose
We need to understand that our lives are like a tapestry. Every colorful thread is woven together.
Even the short and tiny end pieces. They have a purpose. Tie a knot and use them too.
Those seeming dead ends. Brick walls. Short threads.
They have a purpose.
The tapestry of our life
Climb onto a chair and look down at the tapestry of your life.
It’s beautiful.
Look at it at eye level and it does not make sense.
Don’t regret missteps and mistakes. They ultimately do have a purpose.
They bring iron into your soul.
They cause you to appreciate the lows.
Heck, they will ultimately cause you to celebrate them.
Dodging bullets
You may have dodged a bullet.
Or two. Or ten.
But dodge them you did.
Don’t get swept up by all the “Learn how I made $$$$$$$ in 1 minute” stories.
Don’t compare your progress.
Trust the lessons
Learn from the dropouts and dead ends.
Develop tenacity.
Let yourself fail.
Lean into it. And let yourself fall in.
But don’t stay there.
And trust the process of climbing out and steadying yourself.
Once you get back up and see it from the birds-eye view, you will realize you won.
For more in the same vein read my little mini book, Failure is a Positive Word, on Amazon.
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