Lately, I’ve come to this conclusion. Life is full of failures! I am going to fail and continue to fail throughout my life. But, it doesn’t matter if I fail. What matters the most is how I handle that failure. Do I stand, up brush my self off and try again? Do I learn from my past mistakes that lead to the failure and grow from it as a person? Or do I lay down and just give up?
That’s the point of my life I find myself in now. In my mind these past couple weeks I have been feeling like a failure. My marriage was not successful and now I find myself going thru a separation. It’s really not fair to myself to label myself as a failure because of this, but the thoughts are there nonetheless. So how do I respond to this situation? I could stay down, feel sorry for myself and just do what I gotta do to get by. What I’m going to do though, is pick my ass up off the ground and try again. And this time, with a little more wisdom from the bruises of past fails. That’s right, failure only leaves bruises. It’s not a tattoo. It will fade away as I move onward and upward!
Some Wisdom I have Learned Along the Way
I Can’t do it all on my own – That’s right, I’m not Superman. I need to ask other people for help. And this is hard for me! But to get thru hard times I can’t be afraid to lean on others.
Kindness does Exist – Contrary to popular opinion and news headlines everywhere, there is still good in this world. I am amazed by how supportive people around me have been during my current situation. My family and friends have been great. Seeing their kindness gives me faith that there is still good in this world.
I Need to Open Up – I can’t bottle up my emotions. And that’s exactly what I’ve been doing for most of my life. I would just suck it up, keep it inside and not talk about things. But, now I am learning from my past mistakes. I have seen I can’t do this anymore and be a healthy, happy person. Just recently I opened up and let a couple of other people into my world and it felt so good. Being able to trust another person and tell them how I was feeling was so liberating!
Moving Forward
I will continue to fail in life because I will keep trying new things. I will try these new things with wisdom from past failures. And if it takes falling seven times, to stand up on that 8th try to find peace and happiness then it will all be worth it.
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