NO SUCH THING AS FAILURE

     The truth is that we cannot know for sure what will happen with the decisions and choices that we make. What will be the outcome? Will the result be positive, or disastrous? We can figure and calculate and speculate until we are dizzy from our figuring, and still we can't know. And not knowing can paralyze us because we crave certainty and we are afraid to fail.
     But the only real failure may be in our not trying things because of our fear. Some of the things we try are bound to result in better outcomes than others, but they all lead us somewhere, and even if we fall flat, we learn something.
     Let's take risks and be willing to see how things turn out... without judgment, negativity, or self-criticism. It's utterly useless to tell ourselves that we should have known better. How should we have known? The only way to know is to try. So let's give our considered inclinations a chance and be gentle with ourselves if they don't turn out exactly the way we hope. They always turn out somehow, and we continue to grow.

I am not stopped by not-knowing. I am willing to try things, and it's ok if everything I try is not a raging success. That's how it's supposed to be.