February 1st is a day of mourning.
The day I mourn the death of my New Year’s resolutions I set for myself with so much hope and optimism just a few weeks prior.
Resolutions — daily habits — I desperately needed to adopt to become a better version of myself. But rather than weep, my mourning takes the form of avoidance as I try to persuade my heart and mind that I didn’t really care about writing that book, chasing that idea, achieving that fitness goal.
Just words. Words used as stones to build the facade of indifference toward my goals and results in an effort to hide from my failure.
And this charade must come to an end.
Because I know that I cannot achieve — I cannot dream — I cannot succeed without facing my failure.
Failure is how we learn. Failure is how we grow. Failure is how we adapt.
What is not permitted on the path of progress is avoiding failure.
You avoid failure — you avoid success.
Face your failure today.
Because today is not your day of mourning.
Today is the day you adapt.
Today is the day you become stronger.
Today is the day you go again.
Because today is a day of new beginnings.
