June 2

”Man must strive and, in striving, must go wrong.” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The error of my ways is an opportunity. Each time I fail, each mistake I make, is a chance to learn, to adapt, to improve or to grow. If I am not making mistakes, I am only doing what is comfortable, what is known, and what is safe. Some might say this is not really living, only existing from one day to the next. To strive to do something better, to desire to do something new, different or exciting means taking a risk. It requires not only that I open myself up to failure, but if I am being realistic, accepting that in all likelihood I will fail to some degree as I learn. This is simply a part of the learning process, we make mistakes until we get it all put together the right way. My life has been a series of failures and successes. The difference is that the successes were achieved because of my perseverance of continuing to try after the numerous unsuccessful attempts at succeed. It was picking up a way to improve, get back in the saddle, and try again. The only true failures are the times when I stopped trying.

Affirmation I can strive to learn from my failures today and see them as a learning step in achieving success.