The horror of failures and mistakes is not in them but in believing that your Identity is tied to them. The reason why it is difficult for some people to rise from the pit of failure is that, they have accepted it to be who they are so they stay there.
Failure is the experience of not meeting expectations in one's endeavors. It is falling flat from the staircase of success,yet it's the stepping stone to success. While Mistake means committing an unintentional error.It is never intentional
Mistakes and Failures are inevitable incidence that befall every human being on earth, just that it takes a different shape with individual. Infact, the unavoided criterion to be successful in life are Mistake and Failure. But then, can they define man? No!
Failure and Mistake are just experiences, though inevitable in the pathway of life. We make Mistakes that lead to failure in our endeavours but it does not mean we are silly.
The Identity of Man is not hinged on his mistakes and failures infact they are not related at all.
There is a king in the Bible. King David, David in his Season failed countless times due to his mistakes. He fornicated with a woman, killed her husband and married the woman. David is a warrior that failed many times on the battlefield. Despite his mistakes and Failures,his identity did not change, forever, David is "A man after God's heart". What an identity?! God gave him this identity and that's who remained to be through out and after his days. Just because he never for once thought his identity is defined by his failures and mistakes.
No matter how silly or shameful your mistakes and horrible your failures, they are just experiences that will pass by with time. Your mistakes are not YOU! You are who YOU ARE , you have an Identity beyond all of your mistakes just like king David.
Nice one,more wisdom
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