Failure… A Stepping Stone To Success?

By: Nancy Abiera

 

Failure may end but may be the beginning of success. It may surprise us to great possibilities to start anew while saying goodbyes to end the old past. It is a great teacher challenging/stretching us towards the better/best version of ourselves..

Nobody plans for failure. However, no one is exempted from it. Everybody fails at some point… in relationships, career/education, business, etc. I used to have this fear of failure. I hate them. However, I learned to repurpose/recycle them by redefining it.

F……Full

A……Acceptance

I…….In

L…… Life

U……Unpleasant

R……Rough

E……Experiences

We can embrace/accept failure just like success. The pain of failure heals faster when accepted freely versus deny/reject it. Indeed, “The first step to healing is acceptance.” Denial only prolongs the agony scaring us to fear failure even more. This can turn to vicious cycles that spiral, multiply and eventually hunt us.

Let us fully accept failure as a F.R.I.E.N.D. F………

Friend to love/invest into by

R……..Reviewing the process through reflection…

I……….Inquiring other possibilities and

E……..Expressing grief for the loss while celebrating

N……..New/exciting

D……..Discoveries

Did you know Oprah Winfrey was fired leading to her OWN Talk Show…President Trump filed 4 bankruptcies in the last 15 years before his election…My heartbreak in the Philippines led me to find a new love relationship in America. I am married for 33 years going 34. You too can use failures as stepping stones to success.

“Failure is not the reverse of success…It is part of success.

It’s a setback for a come back. Be not upset…it’s a set up We may even break for a breakthrough. We learn more….We become better…We grow and mature… and become wiser.

Better to face failures than be paralyzed with fear doing nothing.

Always choose “On A Bright Side”. I love you readers with the love of the Lord yet God loves you the most. Smile and be a blessing. . . Rev. Nancy H. Abiera