failure ~ success

This saying really got me thinking.  what would i do if i knew i could not fail?  failure is something everyone struggles with.  thinking about the possibility of failing sometimes stops me from trying new things. sometimes, and i do admitt it, i limit myself to what i can and can not do just in case i fail.  just in case i do not excel.  being an athlete i think about it a lot.  if i fail could i bring my whole team down?  could i look stupid in front of all these people?  could i get pulled off and get talked to by my coaches....just because i made a mistake and well, failed?  sure maybe messing up during a soccer game is a little embarrassing.  i have done it, we all have done it.  messing up in my soccer games has only made me better.  i learned from my mistakes, moved on, and remembered not to do it next time!  sure we all fail at some things and sometimes.  sure i have had 'those moments' in soccer before.  sure 'those moments' aren't fun.  but 'those moments' are a part of the game.  and i wouldn't change the game for anything.  not even 'those moments'.  because 'those moments'  have made me successful in soccer.  because 'those moments' have got me where i am today - excelling.  because 'those moments' have got me playing travel soccer.  i cherish 'those moments'.  and that doesn't have to do with just soccer.  in life 'those moments' have gotten me where i am today.  'those moments' have created me into the person i am today.  and 'those moments' has made me successful in life.  that's why my life is so rewarding, and fun, and exciting, and joyful.  i learned (thank-you soccer games for your life lessons) that sure you can fail, and you can fail again and again, and over and over again, but it is how you overcome your failures and find success.  it is about how you learn from those failing moments which makes you who are today.  some may not realize it, and some may hate to fail still.  hey, i can't say that i love loosing soccer games, or mess up a move, or get a bad grade...but deal with it.  this is life, welcome to it.

so what would i do if i knew i couldn't fail?  a lot of things.  what do i do now when i know i just might fail?  a lot of things.  because i know that i will find success in the end.

~ amy