You probably read today’s title and wondered how it is possible for anyone to profit from failure. It is success we profit from, is it not?\u00a0 The profits from success may be far more obvious to everyone, but I would submit that we can profit just as greatly from failure if we choose to.<\/p>\n
My greatest learning experiences in life have come from the times I failed. Now I have to stop here and just say that I decided long ago that if I learned something from a mistake then I wouldn\u2019t ever call that a failure, but for purposes of today\u2019s blog we will use the word failure just to get the point across. And without a doubt, each time I have failed I have grown tremendously. Every failure I would determine not to make that same mistake again, I would evaluate what safeguards or changes I could make in my life to make sure it didn\u2019t get repeated, and then I would pick myself up and move forward far wiser than when I began.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not in life\u2019s easy moments that we profit the most. It is the times we fall down, have to pick ourselves up, and move forward again that we profit from the most. One of my favorite poems to remind me of this is below:<\/p>\n
The test of a man is the fight he makes,<\/p>\n
The grit that he daily shows;<\/p>\n
The way he stands on his feet and takes<\/p>\n
Fate\u2019s numerous bumps and blows.<\/p>\n
A coward can smile when there\u2019s naught to fear,<\/p>\n
When nothing his progress bars;<\/p>\n
But it takes a man to stand up and cheer<\/p>\n
While some other fellow stars.<\/p>\n
It isn\u2019t the victory, after all,<\/p>\n
But the fight that a brother makes;<\/p>\n
The man who, driven against the wall,<\/p>\n
Still stands up erect and takes<\/p>\n
The blows of fate with his head held high;<\/p>\n
Bleeding, and bruised, and pale,<\/p>\n
Is the man who\u2019ll win in the by and by,<\/p>\n
For he isn\u2019t afraid to fail.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the bumps you get, and the jolts you get,<\/p>\n
And the shocks that your courage stands,<\/p>\n
The hours of sorrow and vain regret,<\/p>\n
The prize that escapes your hands,<\/p>\n
That test your mettle and prove your worth;<\/p>\n
It isn\u2019t the blows you deal,<\/p>\n
But the blows you take on the good old earth,<\/p>\n
That show if your stuff is real.<\/p>\n
-Unknown<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t be ashamed of your past bumps and bruises and scars. Be proud that you learned from them and be happy that they have shaped you into the amazing person you are today!<\/p>\n
~Amy<\/p>\n
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