I disagree with the notion that failure is awesome. There’s nothing awesome about not being successful at something you put your mind, heart, time, and energy into. No one fails and immediately smiles and recognizes the lesson in that failure as it would simply be off-putting to jump from failure to gratitude. Failure, however, is apart of life – a necessary detail that separates the resilient from the pitiful. Those who accept failure simply do not want it enough. Those who learn from failure recognize their errors and do better with the awareness that failure is simply a stepping-stone to success and may very well happen again.
A life without failure is a fallacy, a ruse. Those who avoid failure are already in the mist of it.
Yes, failure is a lesson, an opportunity, a gift but it is not an awesome one. Failure is still defeat, it still makes you question your own worth, your own skill, failure still makes you want to quit. The beauty and its “awesomeness” come from one’s ability to welcome failure and accept it – not failure itself. Let’s be honest, no one wants to fail. There is no real pride in failing unless you are someone who views failure as one would a dear friend – expected, appreciated, and supported. Space for failure is to be welcomed like one would open their door to family on Christmas, but this does not mean that failure is awesome.
Failure forces you to reconcile in the fact that you are not perfect. What you create will not always be noteworthy and that can be disheartening if met with failure too many times. The “awesomeness” comes from one’s love of failing because you understand what failing leads to– not of failure itself.
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