~ Failure ~

Failure

It’s only a word.

But it carries with it so much pain

and so little concern

so much frustration

and so little respect,

so much stress and so little

understanding

that people spend their lives

running through their days

in the hope of avoiding the long arm

of this little word.

To test our vision, you must risk

failure.

To temper your ego, you must attempt

the impossible.

To tell your story, you must

take a chance.

To see beyond the horizon, you must

spread your wings.

To be all you can be, you must

stretch, flex, try, and go beyond

your proven limits.

To bridge the silence, you must risk

rejection.

To advance into the unknown, you must

risk the peril of all your

previous beliefs and emotions

that feel so secure.

Failure is not negative. It is a teacher.

It molds, refines, and polishes you

so that one day your light will

shine for all to see.

It isn’t the failure you experience

that will determine your destiny,

but your next step and then the next

that will tell

the story of your life.