Welcome to the second week in December. Wow! Christmas and 2015 will be here before we know it!!
Maybe you are getting ready to reflect over the past year. I am. How I have been successful this year? How can I continue improving on those successes?
What areas did I struggle in this year or did I fail at something? I have some failures to claim for this year. Good for me...
Failure does not mean the end, rather room for improvement. If you did fail at something this year...no need to get down about it. First, take time to grieve your failure. When we take the time to grieve we are able to move forward without the baggage or weight of the failure in our spirit.
I have failed at many things in life. I expect this failure will continue with the more tasks I take. I'm okay with failure in most circumstances because I have learned that failure doesn't mean the end. Failure means progress. I tried something and it didn't work so I try it again or I try something different.
Michael Jordan, my favorite NBA basketball player and superstar who has 6 NBA championship rings among numerous other achievements, is quoted for the following quote...
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
My mother is a drug addict and alcoholic. I did not have the childhood predestined for success as some may have been given. Even though my likelihood for failure was much greater than my likelihood for success, I continued to keep trying. I never gave up and I will not let failure keep from moving forward. Failure is an opportunity to get up and try again.
So reflect over this year and learn from your successes and your failures. Make 2015 a better year than this and accept your successes AND your failures as opportunities to improve! You got this...
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
