Failure?

Don't get me wrong, my distaste of failure runs deep. I'm having a hard time facing that word and realizing it is intertwined with success. Failure has a bit harder of a stench. I think we shouldn't be afraid of it, and we shouldn't let it conquer us. So what if you burnt a cake? Oh no, you played a flat note or two? And wow, someone stood you up?

Yes. It's not exactly the best of any situation. But don't let it consume you. There's other opportunities and in the end it is your choice on how you will translate the outcome of events -- was it really, honestly a failure? If things don't work, look for a solution. Things will fall a part, but try to see mistakes as opportunities, innovations, and a chance at humility.

None of us are perfect. And just as failure and success are intertwined, so are death and life and the meanings behind and within it. If you can only accept success, you're living in a dream world.

Failure.
Don't make it the end of you.