Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
~Matthew 8:26~
Thanks to www.litemind.com for today's posting. It is a portion from part one of a two part blog about how to overcome our fear of failure...Enjoy!
Failing is the only way to go far enough
“If you hit every time, the target is too near or too big.” –Tom Hirshfield
The only way to know that you’ve gone far enough is to go too far. And going too far is called failing.
That means that if you don’t go far enough — in other words, if you don’t fail — you’ll never know for sure where your limits really are.
Race car drivers know this to the bone. They even have a saying for it: “The one sure way to find out if you’re going fast enough is to crash”.
So if you decide to live a life of “playing it safe” — of avoiding failures altogether — you can be safe in the knowledge that you’ll most likely accomplish your goal — after all, that’s a dead easy target to take aim at. Just bear in mind, however, that you’ll never be able to get the most out of your life acting that way.
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So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
