When it comes to failing, I’m a success. I have failed so
many different things in so many different ways that at this point it’s
basically a hobby. I eat a bowl of failure for breakfast with a tall glass of
defeat, which is usually followed by a tums. Failure, despite how most people
treat it, is an absolutely wonderful thing. There is a famous quote which has
been credited to Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, which states: “I
have not failed. I’ve just found ten thousand ways that won’t work”. I cannot
express enough how beautiful and important of a statement this is when it comes
to depression.
A lot
of the time our depression is usually related to our self-measurement of
success. Perhaps you got a bad grade this week, failed a sales goal, or even
have trouble in your relationships. This tends to push our measurement of
happiness around, but the true reality is that without failure, we would not
have success! Don’t take you falling flat on your face as a bad thing, but
rather look at the beauty within it. You learn so much from great mistakes and
can evolve into a better person. The phrase “roll with the punches” is no joke.
Life will definitely throw some curve balls your way, but if you can be
malleable and adapt to the challenges, not only will you work as a more
effective person, but you will end up happier as well. Go out and fail and do
it with a smile, because failure, which tends to point towards our anxiety,
should point towards our joyous enlightenment and learning.
Carl J. Bromley
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