Perseverance

"Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure." - George Eliot, nineteenth-century novelist

Failure is such a negative word. I used to think of myself as a failure but I don't anymore. There were times when I thought I would never get out of the hole that I had dug myself into, but I did, with a lot of help from a lot of people. I don't identify with being a failure anymore.

This quote seems to be referring to failing at a particular task or goal. I've learned that every experience I have has taught me the lessons I needed to learn in order to grow emotionally and spiritually. So when I set goals now and things don't turn out exactly as I think they should, I can still rest in the knowing that I'm simply being led in a different direction.

I had to hit an emotional bottom 15+ years ago in order to be open to the lessons I've learned since. When I was at that bottom, all I could think of was the word "FAILURE". I thought I was just one big giant mess that couldn't do anything right. Wrong! I've come to learn that I'm a precious child of God, the God of my understanding. I've come to learn that there is a divine Spirit within me and everyone I meet. I've come to learn that all that happens teaches me something and that makes life wonderfully interesting to say the least. I've come to learn that everyone I meet is a teacher. They teach me how to be or how not to be. But they all have that divine spirit within them. I choose to recognize that in everyone today.

So, the word failure doesn't really fit into my vocabulary today. Today you can choose to remove it from yours as well. Let's all learn and grow together. Namaste to all.