Who Said Failure Is a Bad Thing ?

“Failure is not an option”. I’ve heard this phrase way too many times. I’ve heard it repeated by my parents, grandparents and teachers. But what is failure? According to Merriam Webster, failure is lack of success, failure to perform a duty or expected action, a state of inability etc. Now with that knowledge we can conclude that failure equals bad right? WRONG!  Even if it means failing more times than we can count on our fingers and toes, success always comes before failure. In my lifetime, I have never heard a success story that began with success. A lot of success stories are founded and based on failures. These stories either start off on how they failed and found some light in their failure or tried until they succeeded. Now don’t get me wrong there is a point where there is no more room for failure. Failing with no eventual success is not acceptable. Once you fail, another strategy or course of action should be taken in order to ensure that failure doesn’t reoccur. It’s inevitable that we will fail at some point in our life if not on a daily basis, like I do. But my goal in life is to reduce my number of failures and increase my numbers of success. If more people lived their lives anticipating failures and using them as stepping stones to success, then failure wouldn’t be known as such a bad thing. Too many people are afraid of failure and tip toe around to make sure they will never fail. If your goal is to never fail, you’ve done just that.