Failings
I don’t know about you, but I hate to fail. But no matter how much I hate it, I do. Over and over. Not always in the same way (although occasionally that does happen!), but each test/trial of life brings new opportunity to succeed or fail.
However, when we fail, it is not always bad. I like the way Oscar Wilde said it, “Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.” As I consider failure, I find several things of value that if received, profit me abundantly:
1. Failure at something means that you now know for sure, one way that does not work!
2. Failure at something means that you have gained experience, that if shared, will benefit those who also are headed where you are.
3. Failure at something means that tomorrow you have a new opportunity for success.
4. No success has ever been achieved without failure.
I like what Provers 24:16 says, “Though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again” Basically, when you fall, and you will, sometimes over and over, get up! Keep trying.
“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.”
