The Path Of A Failure - The Strange Way Of Moving Forward Unburdened

I have this Voice that pops up in my mind sometimes.

Its goal is to get me to Quit.

To Stop.

To Give Up.

It's a Voice that we all hear from time to time.

A Part of being Human.

At Every Move and Every Junction in our Life...

That Voice tries to Convince Me of Something...

"You're a Failure".

It always says this at the least convenient of times.

When someone tells me my work and my efforts have Inspired them...

"You're a Failure".

When I've completed a Difficult task...

"You're a Failure".

When someone asks how I do all the things that I do in my Work and Life...

"You're a Failure".

It haunts the recesses of my mind like a Ghost or a Demon.

I used to be Scared of the Voice.

The thought of Failing itself was almost as bad as Death.

Perhaps it was my Education that taught me an F was Unacceptable.

Perhaps it was the Disappointment I brought my Mom when she Deeply Believed I could Do Better.

Perhaps it was something that I Felt More Deeply in my Core...

I "Was" a Failure.

When I heard the Voice, the Response was the Same.

Run.

Sprint.

Pray it would Never Find Me Again...

But the Voice would Creep Around a Corner.

Over and Over.

There was Never Relief.

Always Trying to Escape.

Never Finding Respite.

If I thought I was Safe...

It would Strike Where I Least Expected...

Or where I Most Expected It.

The Voice telling me I was a Failure took Every Opportunity Possible to Remind Me.

But things have Changed in My Life.

I mean...

The Voice is Still There, Do Not Get Me Wrong.

It Still Takes Every Opportunity to Remind Me of its Message.

Yet, there is Something Else that I've Come to Realize.

It was Right.

I was a Failure.

I still am a Failure.

That may sound Strange because, from a Life and Career Standpoint, I'm doing well.

I have My Faith and Feel at Peace within It.

I am Happily Married to an Amazing Woman.

I have Good Relationships with My Family and Friends.

In my Career, I continue to Grow and have been Helping Clients Live Better Lives, Grow their Businesses and Teams, and become Better Leaders and Sages.

None of that Appears like "Failure" to Most People.

Yet, I am still a Failure Today.

When I tell you that I Fail...

I mean "Every" Single Day.

In my Writing Alone, I Fail 100 Times a Day.

Grammarly Keeps Count.

I Failed Yesterday.

I Failed Today.

I Will Fail Tomorrow.

I am a Failure.

But what has Changed is My Relationship to Failure.

In the Past, I Ran.

I was Afraid.

The Idea of Failure Created Panic and Initiated My Fight-or-Flight Response.

I Failed Daily, and so I was Constantly Running.

Always Running Into the Inevitable.

Failure.

To Fail is a Part of Being Human.

For as Long as We Are Human, We Will Fail.

This is Life.

We are Unable to Run from Fear in the same way We are Unable to Run from being Human.

Yet, what we Often Miss is the Greatest Aspect of Being Human...

Growth.

The Only Path to Growth is Failure.

The Cycle of Death and Life.

Of Failure and Success.

This is How We Become Everything We Are Seeking to Become.

Not by Running Away.

But by Embracing.

When we Embrace being Human...

When we Embrace Failure...

The Path to Growth and Success becomes Possible.

The Voice that Tells Me I'm a Failure Continues to Speak Every Day.

But Now I Know.

I Am A Failure.

That is Good.

By being a Failure, I become a Success.

Instead of being Afraid of the Voice, it is Now an Unwitting Supporter.

I am a Failure, and I Would Have It No Other Way.

I Fail Therefore I Grow.

I Grow So that I can Succeed.

When I Succeed, I Will Fail Again.

The Cycle Continues.

I Walk the Path of a Failure...

And the Path of a Success...

And the Path of a Human.

When we Accept What is True...

When we Accept Ourselves...

Nothing Can Stop Us.

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