Do you know who said that?
Michael Jordan.
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed it. I've failed over and over in my life and that's why I succeed."
Why did I start with this?
I had to write a paper the other day and it was about a theory that people will never know what right is unless they do wrong or that they won't know what happiness is until they know sadness. I agree with that for the most part (ex. I know smoking is bad without having to try it). If you didn't read my post about me opening up and my competitiveness, read that first (its called What doesn't kill you makes you stronger)
I have a problem with being too competitive. I sometimes view losing or failure as weakness. With the olympics going on, I got thinking about their individual stories. How they got there, where they came from, etc. I've learned about LoLo Jones (USA runner) who ran a perfect race before hitting her knee on the very last hurdle which made her stumble and put her from 1st place to not medaling.
Pretty crazy video right? Crazy to think that people who are the furthest thing from failures, world reknowned, world champions, US Presidents, etc. at one time failed miserably. At some point in their life they were told they were cut out for their dream, that they weren't good enough, etc. I don't think anybody would tell Walt Disney that he isn't creative NOW.
How many times have we been told this?
So what makes us scared to fail? Maybe it'll hurt. If we look at all these examples of people that failed, they all got back up maybe multiple times and turned that failure into a stepping stone. A stepping stone over the wall that gets us to our goal or dream. When they got knocked down going up one way they got back up and found a different route. So each time they failed they became stronger.
And so must we.
We are here for a reason. Each of us has a purpose, a talent to share, there is something in everyone that is great.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
LOVE that quote.
Let us all have the courage to take a step into the unknown.
To dream BIGGER.
To put our heart out there.
To not accept no for an answer.
To get back up after falling flat on our face.
Because only then are we truly succeeding.
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