Nobody really tells you what to do when it all falls apart.<\/p>\n
Not the motivational kind of failure.<\/p>\n
Not the one that makes you stronger or teaches you a neat little lesson.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m talking about the kind that leaves a mark.<\/p>\n
That kind that sits in your chest and messes with your sleep.<\/p>\n
The kind that makes you pull away from people because you don\u2019t know how to explain the ache.<\/p>\n
You thought you did everything right.<\/p>\n
You tried. You gave it your best.<\/p>\n
Maybe you prayed about it. Maybe you cried over it.<\/p>\n
And then it still didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n
And now, you\u2019re here.<\/p>\n
Looking at the mess.<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s quiet.<\/p>\n
So quiet you start hearing all the questions in your head;<\/p>\n
“Was I ever enough?”<\/p>\n
“Was this a mistake?”<\/p>\n
“Should I even try again?”<\/p>\n
Failure does that.<\/p>\n
It makes you smaller inside.<\/p>\n
It makes you think twice next time.<\/p>\n
Or not try at all.<\/p>\n
But here\u2019s the part that matters:<\/p>\n
You can sit there.<\/p>\n
Let it sting.<\/p>\n
Let it disappoint you.<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t need to pretend it didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t shove it down. Don\u2019t rush to make it inspiring.<\/p>\n
Let it be what it is\u2014a hard moment.<\/p>\n
A break.<\/p>\n
A loss.<\/p>\n
But then\u2014slowly\u2014you figure out what to do next.<\/p>\n
You get up.<\/p>\n
Even if it\u2019s just to brush your teeth.<\/p>\n
Even if it\u2019s just to breathe differently.<\/p>\n
Because trying again doesn\u2019t mean the failure didn\u2019t hurt.<\/p>\n
It just means you won\u2019t let it define you.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re not broken.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re not done.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re just human.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s more than enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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