Tag: #Becourageous

Failure or Success: Quotes and thoughts for today

An Inventor
fails
999 times,
and if he
succeeds once,
he’s in.
~~ Charles Kettering

Failure is lacking the success or the inability to achieve a determined expectation. Is failure good or bad? Is failure beneficial? Can we learn from our failures?

Failure is beneficial and an essential aspect of our self-development. Albert Einstein stated, “ Failure is success in progress”. How is failure beneficial?

When you know and accept failure as a possibility, you learn to not let fear of failure hold you back. You accept that failure is apart of trying. Sometimes you fail, other times you succeed. However, if you never try you won’t have the opportunity for failure or success. Therefore, you always need to push yourself to keep trying.

The following are some of the many failure of failure:

I can’t
give you
a recipe
for success,
but
I can
give you
a recipe
for failure:
try to
please
everybody.
~~ Frank Langella
  • Failure builds character – It makes you a humbler person. It can make you stronger and enable you to become more honest with yourself.
  • Failure builds compassion – having failed you can understand and empathize when others have similar failures.
  • Failure builds resilience – Failure is not a stopping point, it is a bouncing off point to regroup, refocus, and strive to improve.
  • Failure builds creativity – Allows you to try other ways, be more creative in your approaches in working to accomplish your goals.
  • Failure is a blessing in disguise – one cannot succeed without having first failed. It gives us the opportunity to learn from our mistakes and allows us to appreciate our success.
  • Fear of Failure is worse than failure itself. Look for the lessons from it, then your chances for success will increase.

Realize you cannot please everyone, if you try you will surely fail. Believe that failure is not fatal; it takes courage to continue. Never give up. Success is not impossible. It comes from the struggles, the defeats, the learning, the progress and through the courage to keep keeping on. Believe in yourself.

Success is not final; Failure is not fatal; It is the courage to continue that counts. ~Winston S. Churchill
Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats. ~ Amos Bronson Alcott
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have
no meaning.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Failure is not the opposite of success.
It is part of success.
~ unknown

God bless. May you be blessed in disguise. Keep keeping on. Be creative. Be courageous. Keep learning. Never give up. Always continue to try.

Loneliness: Good or Bad? Feel lonely when you’re not alone?

People think being alone makes you
lonely, but I don’t think that’s true.
Being surrounded by the wrong people
is the loneliest thing in the world.
— Kim Culbertson
©️Lifehack

Alone is having no one else around, being by yourself. Lonely describes a feeling of sadness from isolation or abandonment. One can be alone without feeling lonely. And one could be surrounded by people and yet feel very lonely.

Loneliness does not come
from being alone,
but from being surrounded by people
who can’t understand you. A deep feeling of isolation comes
when you realize that even the person
standing right next to you
is unreachable.
Being alone
does not mean you are lonely,
and being lonely does not mean
you are alone.

Have you ever felt lonely even though you were surrounded by others? Sometimes you can be around family or friends and still feel like you are all alone. You feel empty inside, a feeling of being invisible, being ignored, and or feeling unloved and like no one cares.

No I may not be
physically alone….
But mentally there
is no one in sight….
—— The Minds Journal

Loneliness can be normal, and can be an indicating factor of an underlying disease when feelings become extremely all-consuming and interfere with your daily life. Loneliness is NO fun. It is apparently bad for you. People who are lonely may be a greater risk for some types of inflammatory diseases.

Although loneliness is not considered a mental illness in and of itself, it is, however, strongly linked to mental health issues.

Loneliness is not just a
feeling of being alone, it’s
fear, depression, inferiority,
it’s a collection of negative
emotions building up a
massive wall around you. —— Therightmessages.com

What are some ways to deal with your feelings of loneliness?

  • Face your feelings of loneliness….don’t run away from your feelings….
  • Don’t judge yourself for feeling lonely….no time for a pity party….
  • Figure out how much connection you need and work towards it….Don’t forget you need others….
  • Dismiss your belief that no one understands you….There’s nothing wrong with your feelings….if necessary find someone you can talk to….
  • Reconnect with your original self….connect with love ❤️…..God is love….

Does the Bible say anything about loneliness, feeling alone?

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you, he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Deuteronomy 31:6 NIV (New International Version)

“Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.”

Psalm 25:16 NIV

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Isaiah 41:10 NIV

A Prayer for Loneliness:

“Heavenly Father, I need your comfort as I am feeling lonely. Help me to remember that you see me even when others don’t. Be with me through this trial I am going through. Help me understand that I am going through this for a reason and that you will see me through this; That I can conquer this because you are with me.”

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God bless. Remember even when you feel lonely, you are never alone. God is with you always. God loves you.

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ADVICE: What would your advice be to your teenage self?

Never Look Down on Anybody…..

If you could go back in time, would you? Would you go back and give yourself some advice? Would giving yourself advice change the outcome of how you live is right now? Yes, we have all made mistakes in our lives, but I believe we have all learned from them. I, at least, hope I have. Going back in time and giving advice to oneself could be a dangerous thing. Why? If we took our own advice, did things differently, our mistakes would not necessarily be the same. We would still make mistakes no doubt about that, but the lessons we learned would be different and the transitions we’ve gone through in life would not be the same. Therefore, we would be in an alternate universe so to speak. Plainly speaking, we would not be where we are today. At this point in time, if we listened to our own advice and made changes to how we lived. Then again, only God knows what the outcome would be.

ADVICE

Giving advice would mean that we were giving ourselves guidance, opinions, or recommendations regarding our future actions and conduct. Would that be a good or bad? Giving advice to yourself after everything you’ve lived and experienced might hinder yourself from taking the time to look inward and listen to yourself. To learn on your own, at that particular time period, who you are and what you want out of life. Advice should only be given if it is sought after. Even though we have learned that we probably should have done some things differently when we were teenagers, we might not have listened to the advice we gave ourselves if we went back in time to give it.

Now we are at an impasse. Do we give ourselves advice? What would be the best advice to give ourselves? There is not just one specific piece of advice I would give myself, but several suggestions would be made. The following is a list of some of the suggestions I would advise myself.

  • Never Give Up….You are stronger than you think…You can do anything.
  • Never try to be someone else…you are perfect exactly as you are.
  • Stay true to your faith…. Live your life for God
  • Take time to know yourself…Learn who you are.
  • Worry less…live in the present
  • Don’t make assumptions…. they’re usually wrong
  • Be courageous…. Step out of your Comfort Zone
  • Trust yourself… Have faith in your abilities
  • Smile… Laugh… Be kind… your life will be different by doing so
  • Always be the best person you can be.
  • Do not judge… you never know what someone has been through

The list could go on forever, but I won’t. Always choose your words wisely, they can never be undone. You can beat the odds. Know what you are meant to do and don’t let anyone, or anything prevent you from doing what you know in your heart you are meant to do.

God bless. Be the best you can be. Stay true to yourself. Keep the faith. Please feel free to like, comment, and follow. I appreciate y’all.