Posted by Simus on May 21, 2004, at 23:15:43
In reply to Ramblin' Along, posted by SandyWeb on May 21, 2004, at 18:05:46
> You know what is hard for me?
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> The more years that go by, the more I see examples (over and over again) of how I don't manage to succeed in what I set out to accomplish. It's getting more difficult to trick myself into thinking that I'm NOT that person.....because I have too much of a history of it now. I fail and I fail and I fail. And the longer I stick around, the more I'll still see it.
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It's a hard thing for all of us to deal with. Believe me, you aren't the only one who has failed at something. History is full of great people who have failed, and sometimes failed BIG, but still recovered. And you and I can recover too.First of all, my favorite Bible passages on how to handle failure:
This is how Paul handled it: Phil 3:13 "but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead"
This is how God commanded us to look at our past failures: Isaiah 43:18-19 "Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert."
And in more modern times, I love the stories about Thomas Edison:
"Often ridiculed, Edison tried over ten thousand different experiments before he finally demonstrated the first incandescent light bulb on October 21, 1879. Who could ever imagine where we might be today if Thomas Edison had not persevered after ten thousand failures? It’s OK to fail. From every failure comes the seed of an even greater possible success. Without failure, we can never grow to our full potential."
"Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas Edison"Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward..." Thomas Edison
Someday you will be past all of this, and looking back there won't be one thing you would change, because the sum of your experiences is what makes you valuable to others. Someday, there will be a person who needs someone that understands, and you will be able to help because you have been through it.
God bless.
P.S. Call that church! =)
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