Recently, I've been writing a lot of positive stuff, and this latest one was actually based off Disney's one singular theme. To never quit. With the Commander
's permission, I'm posting this one here for all to see. Without further ado:
What does the word "fail" really mean?
Does it mean you're an idiot who doesn't know how to succeed?
Does it mean you're someone who doesn't learn their lesson?
Does it mean you're just a useless person who's destined to fail and suffer for the rest of his/her life?
"Fail" just means that it didn't work or succeed.
You try one method and it doesn't work,
you don't just quit and call it in. There's a reason why the words "perseverance" and "confidence" exist. They provide the fuel for you to get back up and try again.
No greater example can replace that of Thomas Edison. He was a great inventor, but also a non-quitter all the way. He said this excellent quote: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." He was an inventor and is credited with creating the electric light bulb, which came by only after he attempted countless unsuccessful experiments. The point is this: if the path you choose to attain your goal does not succeed, discard it and try another one.
In every goal you try, don't just stick to one path. If it don't work, don't quit. Just find another way. We all give up too easily, myself included. I for one have been unable to get a job for almost a year now, and every now and then I feel like just quitting and say, "OK. You beat me. I got nothin' left."
I see now the complete stupidity of that type of negative thinking. Ergo, the word "fail"; we believe it means we lost, that we're done for.
Not so. Not so!
It just means we need to continue, to persevere.
There a myriad infinite possibilities and pathways we can use to achieve any of our goals. I know from experience. We must always keep watch, however, for our greatest enemy: ourselves. And also for our greatest weakness: the fear of failure. That, my friends, is an illusion.
So it is said.
And it is so.