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Dec 11, 08- (by RAW)
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- Mind, Body, Spirit, Sober Salon
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The gap between my “idea” and my reality overwhelms me.
“Where I want to be” vs. “Where I am.” - “Who I want to be be” vs. “Who I am,” and all the other “want-to-be” areas of my life – money, giving, service, family, etc.
Today, whether I feel like it or not, I choose to believe the God of my understanding fills in that gap, and is helping me build and progess. Today I also choose to give myself permission to enjoy the process.
I fail often.
Do you?
It hurts.
I hurt other people I don’t want to hurt when I fail. Do you hurt others when you fail?
Do you hate me because I fail?
I don’t hate you.
I only fail because I try to succeed. Sometimes I succeed. Today I am succeeding more than I fail. When I fail, I hurt, but I also learn. Failing and hurting make it scary to try. Sometimes it makes it lonely, also.
I will not quit trying.
I will not quit learning/growing.
Maybe I will fail again.
It will hurt again.
But I will also get better at succeeding.
Succeeding feels good.
It makes up for a lot of the hurt. It gives value to the waste. It makes the failures, lessons. It makes the losses, investments.
Succeeding is fun.
I like to succeed.
I am successful because I have the courage to try again, and again, and again, and again.
Again + again = faith.
I cry.
God smiles.
We’re winning.
We smile.
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Failures = Lessons. I couldn’t agree more! And I have recovery to thank for that perspective. Thanks for the beautiful post.
This expressed perfectly what I felt the other day im/perfect. Thankful for the world, yet challenged by the obstacles I face within it. Thankful those obstacles make me stronger, and humbled to understand that resistance is truly futile. Acceptance allows me to learn. Thank you!