14/08/2025
!! FAILURE !!
Failure, as much as it hurts, is an important part of life. In fact, failure is necessary. In fact, failure is life’s great teacher; it is nature’s chisel that chips away at all the excess, stripping down egos as it moulds and shapes
us through divine intentions. Without failure, we’d be less capable of compassion, empathy, kindness, and great achievement; we would be less likely to reach for the moon and the stars.
When we think about failure, we think of things in a negative light. We say that failure is painful and that it causes emotional turmoil and upset, and inflicts agonizing pangs of guilt, regret, and remorse.
But, for those that have known true failure, and have bounced back
from it, understand that failure in life is necessary for success. Sure,
failing hurts. In fact, it cuts deep like a razor, slicing its way to our inner core. Yet, it’s necessary!!
And the most successful people in life have failed the most times. If
you try to go through life without failing at anything, then you’re not
really living a life at all. Taking risks and falling down flat on our faces
is part of life; it makes us into who we are. When a baby is first learning to walk, she’s going to fall down many times. This, in fact, is failure. But, ask any mothers about their baby’s ability to walk and she will wholeheartedly declare that her baby will one day walk. She might fall down many times, but she will surely walk. Why is the mother so confident that her daughter will walk? Of
course, we all know the answer to that. We know that falling down
and failing while learning to walk is just a part of life.
So, why isn’t failure at other things treated this way? What we don’t realize as is just what some people had to go to in order to get where they are in life. Like the baby learning to walk, they had to fall down and fail
many times.
The problem? Society tends to celebrate the successes rather than
highlighting the epic journeys towards success that are filled with
trials, tribulations, upsets, setbacks, and failures. It’s not as glamorous
to talk about those things.
In life, it’s necessary to fail. Failure is a
stepping stone. In fact, there are 5 very powerful life lessons that
failure helps to teach and instill in us. If you’ve recently failed at something in a major way, and you’re going through a difficult time right now, keep these important lessons in mind.
1: Experience – you have failure as an experience and it teaches
you a lesson
2: Knowledge – you have gained knowledge. Next time you won’t
repeat the mistake
3: Resilience – you have gained the strength in your mind
4: Growth – you have grown in wisdom
5: Value – you value life and put aside non-important things like
wealth, position, etc
How to Recover from Failure:
1. Ignore the Naysayers – people will discourage and prevent your
success
2. Understand that it’s Okay to Fail – all of us fail. No one is above it.
So, if you fail, know all have failed one time or another.
3. Realize that it’s Okay to Fail - Realizing failure is order of nature,
don’t lose heart
4. Using Failure as Leverage – Make failures as stepping stones for
success
5. Revisit Your Goals - See whether your goals are appropriate
6. Create a Massive Action Plan -Reorganize your goal and put in
an action plan that will give you success.
At all times remember, that under the sun, there is a time for everything (Ecclesiastes 3). Failure is not an option but bound to happen for many a reason. Therefore, it is vital that we look at failure as a lesson and move forward. Never forsake your goal just
because you failed once or twice. Keep at it and you will succeed.
Even in our Christian walk, we fail many times to keep the holy walk.
We sin and fall but yet God is all merciful and forgives us our failures.
He encourages, through Holy spirit, to succeed. We are made perfect day by day and will become Christ-like if we learn from failures and build on the foundation of Christ.
So, friends, let us beware of failures and learn from them to make our lives a success story. May God anoint you with His Spirit to guide
you to success.
— By Rev Dr Lakshman —
