One of the greatest causes for failure in life is discouragement. It
seems to be an element in the life of every man to be up one day and
down the next.
When a man gets up it is possible for him to stay up by hard work and
persistence, but if he permits himself to go down below his balance he
may consider himself altogether down-and-out.
Failure does not mean that you will not succeed, because struggle as we
may we must meet failure and look it squarely in the face.
But be not afraid of it, take hold of it by the throat and compel it to
work to your advantage.
The lessons learned during the struggle toward success, and the ups and
downs of the road are valuable and stand for experience. When a driver
has gone over a hard road once, he knows the rocky portions and can
avoid them when going over it again.
It is human to make mistakes. In fact, it is a maxim: “It is human to
err.”
Knowing this to be inevitable, why repine, or be discouraged?
Follow the example of the small child who falls and picks himself up
over and over again. By and by, he can walk without falling down.
Remember this: Every dark cloud has a silver lining. You see the dark
side, but if you make your way around to the other side you will see the
sun shining.
Much of the discouragement is caused by undertaking more than we can
accomplish. If that is the case, then by leaving off a little here and
there we shall soon reduce our enterprise to a success that we can
handle.