I watched a movie last year called Elizabethtown. In the movie the main character, played by Orlando Bloom, decides after failing at his career, in a monumental way, to kill himself. He eventually reveals his plan to a girl he meets played by Kirsten Dunst. I love the line she says in response, "So you failed. Alright you really failed.....You wanna be really great?
Then have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make them wonder why
you’re still smiling."
I spent a lot of my life being afraid to fail. I think a lot of us are and that is one of the reasons we settle for less than we are capable of or even deserve. Last year I took on something I thought I could be successful at and I failed even though I tried. I am still here and I am still smiling. I realized that there is nothing wrong with failing as long as you know that you did the best you could and you learned from it.
With the loss of my mother I have become less afraid to fail. My mother lived her life, but she died with one of her dreams unrealized; to be a published writer. I have already been published, so I can cross that off my list, but I want some other things and I am not afraid to go after them. I hope you aren't either.
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