It's Glorious To Fail
Its been said that we fear success. Because we wouldn’t know how to handle it. Or what to do next. However, this is untrue. Mainly, we fear failure. We cannot handle the punch to the gut, the blow to the ego, and looking foolish around family and friends. We can start over, now. We put in all the money we had or the time available.
As you wake up today, which is worse— failing or not trying?
Bruce Lee once said,
“Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious to fail.”
There is glory in failure. Because when you try, you did everything you could or knew how to do. With each attempt you learn what does and doesn’t work. With each attempt you build bigger muscles, thicker skin and a mental resilience that no one can take away from you.
You can try. Or not try. Failure by trying is a much better path to take than failure due to not trying. Hearing no is part of the journey, like when you liked someone and ask for the phone number. You fell off your bike. You failed a test or two. You did poorly in a college course so you dropped it and started over. Failure is all around us. Yet, as an adult, you sit back and avoid it. Or you settle for what’s in front of you.
Bruce Lee says low aim is the crime. Where you take less than you deserve or do less than you’re capable of. Aiming low is about your effort and where you have your eyes set on. Aiming low is playing it safe and in the pursuit of a good life, playing it safe may very well keep you away from the life you want.
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Thought Provoking Questions : Lets compare and contrast—where are you aiming low in life? Where are you aiming high in life? What is the difference you see between the two? How can you set your eyes and aim higher in all you do?
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