So much depends on failure
(I love that word! It's almost taboo):
Failure to get elected.
Failure to arrive at a complete stop.
Failure to place the lid back down.
Failure to keep a secret.
The list is simply infinite.
Think of how much we gain from failure,
how much knowledge we acquire from failing.
Without failure we wouldn't know success.
Failure is good and we should treat it that way.
Especially in school, failure deserves loving kindness.
We need to recognize that failure is a brief moment in time.
Failure is funny and serious at the same time. It is rich in irony.
We need to grow with it, not hide in shame when we hear the name.
Embracing failure is embracing chaos.
If we refuse to embrace it, chaos will surely embrace us.
So fail with pride! Fail with dignity knowing that you have been blessed
with an opportunity to become wiser.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit -- Baltasar Gracian
Failure makes acquring wisdom both easy and hard.
Whoops! is easy. Aha! takes a little more effort.
Think of the possibilities if we give Whoops!
the same attention we give Aha! and Wow!
Whoops! could quite even become the new Awesome!
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Here is a great quote I thought I'd share:
“If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems.
And that's a big mistake.” ~F. Wikzek