Failure

Failure can be a dirty word in my book; it holds so many connotations to it. If someone says you are a failure, what does that evoke in your mind? It can evoke thoughts of not being good enough, that you will never accomplish what you set out to do. If you are repeatedly told this then do you tend to believe it? So what does failure mean? Failure according to the dictionary is a lack of success, an unsuccessful person, enterprise or thing, lack of success in passing an examination or test. Also, a lack of deficiency of a desirable quality, the action or state of not functioning, the collapse of a business.

If I give up on something does that mean I am a failure? Or if I decide I am not interested in doing something anymore does that make me a failure? Should I measure how much I have accomplished against what I haven't achieved to say whether I am a failure or a success? I have also heard failure is giving up. So  if I give up is that a bad thing? Does it depend on the situation? I only ask because I have thought of my self as a failure. How do I see failure as a good thing? Is it such a thing?

The best way I can look at failure is this: Failure is giving us a chance to try things out and see if they are things we like to do. Failure give us a chance to find better ways of doing things so we can succeed. It also lets us know what we don't like to do or want to do ever again. So am I a failure? Yes, at some things I am,  at others I am a success. Failure gives me a chance to find out who I am, what I like to do and what I never want to do again. Failure is not what I am, failure is just another word for success, because without failure we would never have success. Failure in many ways is a blessing, it gives us the chance to try again and make our drems come true.