Accepting Failure

I believe it's in our nature to want to succeed at all we do, or at least give of our best.

However, there are and will be failures.  Our human and imperfect nature will cause us to fail / to make mistakes etc.

If we are aware of our tendency to fail / to perhaps at times try too hard to succeed, then we will not be surprised at our mistakes and shortcomings.

Rather, we will be surprised at how often we succeed.  

This would be a great and positive attitude to have and prevent us from becoming upset or depressed at failure.

God has a plan for each one of us and we often learn more through our failures than our successes.

Pride has a way of sneaking into our best efforts and giving us a sense of inflated importance.

We might then forget to thank God for all the graces and help we receive.

So, next time we feel ( and often it may only be a feeling ) that we have failed, then we can remind ourselves to thank God for this important lesson.

By accepting failure, we learn to accept ourselves just as we are in the sight of God.