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Isn’t it funny how pursuing success can end up teaching us a lot about failure? I dreamed about being a writer for a long time. Postponed it for years while I focused on being a wife and a mom — and facing my failures there. And my successes. There were those, too. And then one day I stopped dreaming about …
For too long I believed failure was only negative — something to be avoided at all costs. Now I’m more accepting of failure. It may take me down for awhile, but it doesn’t defeat me or define me. Don’t get me wrong: I like success just as much as anyone else. Bring it on! But I know to achieve success, …
Oh, the waiting games we play. The I’m-not-ready games. The let-me-practice-a-little-longer games. The let-me-read-one-more-book-or-attend-one-more-conference games. The you-go-ahead-of-me games. We can stall … and practice … and puff ourselves up with knowledge … and even be polite and let someone else proceed ahead of us to success … but we’re missing out on our lives. Our dreams. Correction: Our dreams coming …
Now there’s a truth I wish I’d learned years ago: Failure is an event. An event. There’s no denying that we all experience failures of all kinds in this world. Failures caused by our decisions and our choices. Failures caused by the decisions and choices of others. Deliberate actions and accidental missteps — both leading to failures. But the …
