If You Haven't Failed, You Haven't Lived.

There are moments in life that make us stop in our conscious thought type of tracks....and really think.

We all have gotten caught up in our daily lives of laundry, work, kids, car repair, school PTA and late night television - and we have all experienced life's moments of clarity where we realize - hey....this applies to me too.

Connections are made in these moments, but never think that they haven't been in the works for quite some time already. We just became aware of them with that thought......

We are a sea of people in an ocean of world and universe. We ebb and flow through the time frame of  our lifetime, meeting and leaving other lives and experiencing things that shape who we end up........and what we end up leaving behind us. We all do things - we try things - we live through things......and we fail. LOTS.

I used to have this 'notion' about failure. It shouldn't happen! I couldn't fail because what would that mean??? It would mean I'm a failure, that's what it would mean! I actually created thoughts like this in my head, and I bought every word.

Failure is necessary. Believe that! Name one human being that ever avoided failure. You can't! There isn't one. The greatest teachers started out as the biggest failures.....why? They kept moving forward - kept trying.....the failure teaches us how to succeed the next time....or the next time.....or if you're like me....the time after that.

People always joke about how life has 'no manual' and if there is one, we haven't found it yet. For some reason, I believe we are each here to write our own manuals. We have individual experiences, live in a collective world where information sharing is critical to our survival (literally....in every sense of the word) and we will always experience failure. I didn't say continually, thank goodness - but it is how we learn about the world, ourselves and each other.

There are those who will fail, fall down, whimper about it and stay there. Life happens and people choose. Others will learn from mistakes, shrug it off as a lesson learned and move forward.

So when I find something that makes me stop and think like this, or experience this clarity, I feel the need to share.

I'm going to only suggest you sit back and watch this video. It will surprise you.
Sometimes, there can be too many words.......

 

Rock your day!