Consider this before you give up
Posted by Mademoiselle Sophie , Monday, December 10, 2012 8:05 AM
: Marc and Angel Hack Life :
1. You never fail until you’re satisfied with failure. –
Failure is not falling down; failure is staying down when you have the
choice to get back up. Sometimes you have to fail a thousand times to
succeed. Which means you haven’t really failed yet; you’ve just found a
bunch of ways that don’t work. So don’t get so hung up on a few failed
attempts that you miss every new opportunity coming your way. All of
your ideas that don’t work are simply stepping stones on your way to the
one idea that does. As Winston Churchill once said, “Success is not
final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that
counts.”
2. What you have learned is what’s important. – Life
always offers you a second chance – it’s called tomorrow. But this
second chance doesn’t mean anything if you haven’t learned from the
events of today. You have to acknowledge your troubles but gather
strength from them, and laugh at your mistakes but learn from them.
Getting a second chance in life is about giving yourself the opportunity
to grow beyond your past failures. It’s about learning as you go and
positively adjusting your attitude and efforts toward future
possibilities.
3. Tough times are just part of life’s natural balance. –
Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and
life tries. And life looks different through everyone’s eyes. In fact,
who you were, who you are, and who you will become are three completely
different people. And as you gradually grow beyond the person you were
yesterday, keep life's challenges in perspective. Hear life’s harmony,
and notice the delicate balance. Realize that life is like playing a
grand piano. The white keys create your happiness and the black keys
denote your troubles. But as you go through life’s journey, remember
that the black keys also create music.
4. Pain helps you grow. – Sometimes things must change
so you can change. Sometimes you must break a little so you can get a
peek inside to see what an awesome powerhouse you are. Sometimes
mistakes must be made so wisdom can be earned. Sometimes you must
overcome heartache so you can begin to follow your heart again.
5. Success is a way of living. – Don’t let your
struggles become your identity. Not everything in your life will go as
you expect it to. This is why you need to drop expectations, live in
the present, and go with the flow, rather than against it. Remind
yourself that it’s perfectly okay not to be perfect. Ultimately,
success is not something you achieve, it is what you learn and how you
grow as you deal with the realities of life – it is a way of living and
being.
