Time To Rise

Life is beautiful. It is bright with potential and possibility and filled with moments of laughter and delight. But life is not just love and light. We also experience moments when  life does not unfold as we had hoped or planned. We experience disappointments and failures that weigh us down and ground us. We become afraid to try again, to fly lest we fail and fall.

Don’t allow disappointment and unmet expectations to weigh you down. Be open-hearted. Be kind to yourself. Yes, take ownership, but then re-evaluate your expectations, take stock, and determine when, how, and why things went awry. Being afraid to fail is not reason enough not to make another attempt, especially when our mistakes can be studied and learnt from. Figure out what went wrong so you can do it right next time. It could also be said that failure is the best possible beginning, because it does serve to ground you. When you fail first, you won’t take anything for granted the next time. There’s also only one direction you can travel when you’re at rock bottom, and that’s up.

See any failure or disappointment as an opportunity to learn and then put the past behind you. Let them be the ashes of what was. Armed with new knowledge and wisdom, be like the phoenix and rise again. It’s time to see potential and possibility once more and allow both to life you to new heights.