A success-oriented
society teaches that it is not comfortable to have a concept of failure. People
want to see themselves and present themselves as succeeding in everything and
react strongly to the idea of having failed at anything.
Everyone has
successes and failure. No one is
successful at everything. Everyone will
fail at some point because that’s how things are.
“Remembering that I'll be dead soon
is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big
choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all
pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in
the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.” -- Steve Jobs
Reality works this way for a reason. The only way we become skillful in the art of living is through years of experience. Experience is valuable, even when things do not turn out as we had hoped or expected. We learn from things we do well, and we learn from things we did poorly. In this way failure becomes useful, even essential, because in learning from our failure we learn how to do something different -right and better the next time – it’s a highly educational experience.
“I've come to believe that all my
past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the
understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.” -- Tony Robbins
Failure is
not to be feared. In fact if we did not
fear failure we might jump more often, try new things more easily, trust life
and ourselves a whole lot more. If we will
decide on a new tact for life we can see that there is wisdom to be gained from
all our experiences.
There are
many quantum physic laws that govern us; one of them is called the Law
of Polarity. The Law of Polarity
exists to enable each of us to explore and experience life to the fullest. We perceive some things as bad. If what you perceive as bad did not exist,
would you know when you were having a good experience? If poverty did not exist would you know what
it is like to experience wealth? If
failure did not exist, would you know what it is life to experience
success? Because death is a reality, we
then enjoy and appreciate what it like to experience life.
It is our
job to fully accept and surrender to whatever show up in our lives – the
events, the circumstances, the conditions. To appreciate ALL THINGS, regardless
of how we perceive them, is of great import in life, as they all work together
for our greatest good.
“Success consists of going from
failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
-- Winston Churchill
