Embrace failure. Missteps and roadblocks are inevitable but are ultimately an opportunity to learn, pivot, and go after your goals with new perspective. – Jenny Fleiss
You may sometimes hear, usually after you fail at something, that you have to accept it and move on. It’s possible for one to accept it, but accepting failure does not necessarily mean that you have completely moved on from it. No. To move on from failure, I believe there is something more that is needed. What is that, you may ask? That is to embrace failure. Yes, you heard me right; embrace failure. Now, at first glance, that may sound masochistic as heck, but hear me out. People aren’t perfect. We have flaws, imperfections, weaknesses, things that we may not be good at, and things that we may not like, and that’s ok. They all are part of what make us unique. Life also isn’t perfect. There’s almost always going to difficulties, challenges, and hardships we need to overcome. The universe and nature are also not perfect. Things break down, things become unstable, things become chaotic. Nothing is perfect. Because nothing is perfect, and because no single individual is perfect, that means, at some point, we are all going to experience failure at some point or another. In fact, failure is biologically guaranteed, because once we die, that’s it! Game over. No more do-overs. Death is inevitable. Even if one were to live a life with little to no challenges and hardships, death is the ultimate failure, because once you stop living, you stop being you. You stop being able to actively do things in this world. You are no longer able to be a part of the world in living form, and because of that, that’s a failure, and it’s a guaranteed one, as well. Thus, in a way, we are all born to fail the moment that we are born. Now, i know what you may be thinking to yourself. You are probably thinking that it sounds depressing as heck, and it definitely may sound that way, if you look at it from a certain perspective. Now, i don’t know what your perspective or outlook on life, death, and failure is, but let me tell you mine. Because we are guaranteed to fail when we die, what can be worse than that? The answer is nothing. And when you take that into account, it really puts one’s problems and troubles into perspective. It sorta makes one’s problems seem small and temporary. Nothing can be more permanent and long-lasting than death. Thus, every failure, every challenge, every shortcoming, every hardship asides death itself can be overcome. Sure, everyone handles failures, challenges, and hardships differently than others, and we may not know how much hardship, failure, and challenges we may face in life, but by remembering that nothing can get worse than death, I believe it is possible to make it through anything that comes your way. Thus, that is why i believe embracing failure will allow one to be able to overcome it. By embracing the ultimate failure that we will all one day die, it has so much potential to minimize the severity of other hardships and challenges we may face in life. Not only that, but by embracing failure, we are also embracing change, because change can come in the form of failure. By embracing failure, one can start seeing failure differently. It could allow one to start seeing the positives that can come about from failure, and it can do so by minimizing the negative aspects of failure. Embracing failure is not an easy thing to do. It takes a lot of time, patience, resilience, and strength to be able to just accept failure, let alone embrace it. However, i believe that one of the keys to happiness is embracing failure, because if you are not worried about the ultimate failure in life, then it is possible to make it through other hardships, challenges, and failures that come your way. Lastly, by embracing failure, it helps one learn to fail gracefully. When one is able to fail gracefully, they are able to pick themselves up, and use their failure as a learning experience or a blessing in disguise.
I will end things with an excerpt from an article that discusses about embracing failure. I will link the full article below.
Here are five ways embracing failure can work for you:
1. We learn some of our best lessons through failure.
2. Failure inspires us. If we look at it properly and don’t allow it to define us, failure can be a great source of motivation.
3. Failure teaches us humility. We feel humble after losing and recognize that we are indeed human.
4. Embracing failure allows us to take more risks. Once we come to terms with having failed and survived, we can take greater risks.
5. Failure makes success taste even better. We have a better appreciation of success having failed a few times on the way up the ladder.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/244307