But the waves are calling out my
name and they laugh at me,
Reminding me of all the times I've
tried before and failed.
The waves they keep on telling me,
Time and time again. “Boy, you'll
never win!”
“You'll never win.”
Lyrics of the song, “Voice of
Truth by Casting Crowns”
Have you tried your hand at something
recently and failed? I would like to introduce us to a new concept
today. The concept is: 'If you tried, you have not failed.' Failure
is not trying at all. You may choose to NOT TRY hence
FAIL because of fear of failure or past
failures.
Many of us have dreams. The definition
of a dream is an aspiration or ambition that seem as
ideals. The dreams remain just that until we put action into
achieving the dreams. You have to have deadlines as to when to
achieve them; the dreams then cease to be just dreams but measurable
goals.
The hardest part of execution of any
goal is starting. We think of the risk of failure and distance
ourselves from even the thought of starting, we ask, “What if I
fail?”. There are always two sides of the coin, just as there is
failure, there is also success. Have you
ever counted the number of letters of each of these two words? Both
have seven letters which means there is an equal chance of occurrence
of either success or failure. Instead ask, “What if I succeed?”
The question today is, “Have you
tried doing to do something with what you have now?” Don't quit
before you try otherwise you fail. Let's assume you don't succeed,
every time you face obstacles and difficulties, let them instruct you
as opposed to obstructing you. The obstacles tell you how not to go
about it the next time you try.
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| Don't stop trying! |
Have you heard of Thomas Edison known
mostly for his invention of the light bulb? He tried 10,000 times
before he got it right. Do you think you would have been able to stand
those number of tries until the finish? In a race, it is not about
how many times you fell along the way, or even the hurdles you had to
get through. It is about those who made it to the finish line.
Always remember, you are going through
the
race to the finish line.
Start the race, fall and stand up again. Many fall along the tracks
in the race and stay down. Choose to stand, dust yourself off and
continue running even with more vigor than the last time. Choose to
try. Try again and continue trying. That is really what the journey
to success entails.
Choose
the voice you will listen today. Is it the waves that remind you,
“You'll never
win” or
is it the voice that says, “You'll
win, just try and continue trying.”?
Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong
and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is
with you wherever you go."
