Failure Is Actually An Option Sometimes!

Ok, you have to be a serious idiot to want to fail at something … I get that!

However, this thing we call “failure” is always a possibility. What really annoys me about those “failure is not an option” jerks (A.K.A. arrogant pr@#cks) is that they are ultimately the ones least willing to deliver the intellectual and physical bravado that’s needed to lessen the probability of failure (“Dude, failure is NOT an option!” they’ll falsely shout out, while at the same time covering up their own insecurities). My beef with these phonies is that they go through life playing it safe, based on the fact that they’re afraid of failure.

Hey, “failure” actually shows us what went wrong in a situation, and it also helps us tackle the issues that have entered into our lives. When we deal with this temporary failure, it helps us to create a different approach than what we were taking before we failed. Did you know that the most frustrated individuals in American society are the “talented people” who haven’t learned how to fail yet, and as a result, are not utilizing their God-given potential? Well, you do now!

So I say here today, “Go out and fail a few times, until you get it right!” Try, try, try … and then try some more … this will show you what needs to be done next, which is what a true learning experience is all about. So you underperformed today … who the hell cares? So, it took you a million failed attempts to finally realize that you’re not good at something … who gives a flying s@#t? Didn’t you actually learn something along the way, regardless? Sure you did! So forget about being nervous, flustered, and anxious anymore … that stuff’s for p@#sies. Take back your confidence … and throw desperation and sadness into the garbage can. That crap’s not for you … you’re a winner (eventually, I should add)!

I truly believe, from the depths of my soul, that it’s a great thing to fail! NO, it’s even better than that … it’s an awesome thing to fail! People who don’t fail are never going to succeed … and more than likely they’re going to remain boring a@# people who never push themselves to the limits (note: the “limits” I speak of is where all great success lies)! God knows I’ve pushed myself this far ever since I was a wee little lad … and I have the curse of the Type-A personality to thank for that! So it’s not too far-fetched to believe that I’ve have a whole s@#tload of failures dumped on my plate … and look at me now: I’ve survived, with my sanity intact (well, most of it at least). All it took was the ability to accept things as they were, and move on from there!

I get it people … we’ve been trained like little soldiers, all our lives, to do the right thing (whatever the “right” thing actually is … my guess is that those that make the rules can answer that one better than me) and to avoid making “mistakes” at all costs (why … I’ll never know!). We’re constantly being bombarded with people telling us to make the correct choices (“correct” being what’s good for their personal agendas, not ours) to avoid making the wrong decisions, or make any sort of mistakes. Growing up, we’re constantly being judged by how “perfect” our scores were, and how little mistakes we’ve made on a stupid test (I smell bulls@#t) … and that’s just wrong in my book — that’s not true learning!

Sure, fear MAY keep us from doing dangerous s@#t (it’s all in perspective, of course) but it’s never going to get us beyond the comfortable stuff … which we need to do, if this country is ever going to change for the better! You know what? If you never push yourself past your safety net you’ll never fail … and some will say this is a good thing (note: “some” equals “idiots”) and if you never test your limits, and are afraid you’ll look like a fool for even a second, or blow up when others are trying to hold you back, you’ll never know where that line between what our minds think we’re done and when our body is actually done performing actually lies. Who wants to live a life like this? I, for one, do not (not by a long shot)!

I’m grateful that I own a pair of brass balls, which give me the opportunity to fail magnificently sometimes! Then when I accomplish something that I didn’t even know was possible, I get to go home with a huge smile and sense of accomplishment that can never be taken away from me … certainly not by one of those chumps who said that I couldn’t do it. It feels even better when these sad saps go back home to their boring, stressed out lives … not knowing that we, as humans, are SUPPOSED to make mistakes along the way (a lot of them, to be honest with you)!

Hey, “failure is not an option” guys … go get a life (you freaking losers)!