Let’s think about failure. What is failure, really? Besides a moment in time, an assessment of a situation. It is neither good nor bad, but simply the response to an expectation. It offers us feedback, education, a choice.

Failure is a reaction to trying, and without trying we cannot grow, we remain stagnant. Without failure there is no success, as without light there is no dark, without good there is no bad. But even in all these things, aren’t we simply creating a comparison of expectations, cultivating our perception of a moment? An outcome?

What would your life look like without the notion of failure? Where would you be? How would you view your current life differently? What actions would you take, deeper connections would you have, how much more meaning would things hold? The act of trying would be success itself, imagine your accomplishments.

Failing is simply feedback, a time to re-assess, to grow stronger, smarter. (Credit due to the author who coined “Failure is Feedback”).

Think of the last “failure” you experienced. Think of the moments leading up to it, and the feelings and repercussions afterwards. Did you survive? Did you learn from your failure? Did you become even 1% better?

Are you ready to look at failure with a different perspective? Rewrite the definition for yourself? If we are not willing to fail, we are not willing to live. Now, let’s go out there and fail together!