What is failure?

Perhaps when the plan falls apart?

Maybe when the project results are underwhelming.

No, not quite.

When your heart breaks, momentum stops when your world is shaken at its foundation.

No, to put it simply, failure is not going.

Failure is the plan never falling apart

because you were too scared to make one.

Failure's never being underwhelmed by the results

of that project because you couldn't find the courage to start.

Failure is no heartbreak, no setbacks, no challenge to your worldview, because you stood still.

I see life's bad. because you stood still.

I see life's disappointing occurrences as a sort of transaction.

Some temporary discomfort in exchange for the very wisdom you were looking for, placed in the palm of your hand.

You endure the pain to get the answers.

You accept chaos today in exchange for the map that enables you to navigate the terrain. How can something be a failure if it places you right where you need to be?

How can something be a failure if it brings you closer to the life you dream of.

Maybe we don't look at life as failure versus success,

but rather as being stagnant

versus being in motion, immobile versus mobile.

Maybe it's that simple.

If you are moving, regardless of how fast,

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