Society has a poor attitude towards losing and failure in general. Many, many young people do not participate in sports anymore because they are afraid of losing and being branded a failure. Even our youth in schools are failing tests because they just don’t want to try. If they fail a test or class they are scared to death that they will be labeled a failure.
The legendary Alabama football coach Bear Bryant believed, “You have to lose to know how to deal with losing”. A lot can be learned from failure. Many of our greatest scientists throughout the world failed time after time. But they never quit…..thank goodness. They then went on to make the world a better place. We need to experience losing as a step to success down the road. We need to compete, lose and get up and try again.
One of my favorite sayings sums up what I believe. “Success is never final, failure is never fatal, it’s courage that counts”. We need to teach this to our young(and old) people every chance we get and quit believing what the world is telling……that we are a failure.
Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give your hope and a future.
God Bless you and have a great week…….
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