How To Deal With Failure

Accept Failure.

The first step in dealing with failure is to accept that failure is natural. We all have bad days and weeks. Days that nothing seems to go right and our brain has nothing left in it. Failure hurts, at least for the first time. Failure is absolutely normal and acceptable. Its ok to fail sometimes. Most days, I feel like my life is a test I didn’t study for. And it’s like I’m being huddled into getting an F with a deserving ass whooping. In a day when you don’t come across problems, then you are definitely travelling on the wrong path or probably lost. Be strong, failure is not the end.

Don’t Make It Personal.

Do you know what’s worse than failing to eat before an exam? Failing at parenting. Its that painful. You get to watch your failure fail miserably at trying to raise a better kid. I once had a neighbor who was a drunk and would beat up his kids and wife everytime. Children have never been very good at listening to their elders but they never fail to imitate them. So little johnny grew up with the mentality that he could turn anyone and anything into a punching bag. And so did his brother Tommy. Now it’s an entire lineage of angry birds. Or better still, clash of clans. When you have failed as a parent, you have failed not just yourself but an entire generation. Controlling parents will always assume their kids are the properties they can possess. All they do is nag about their kids grades and how many hours they spend on their phones. Hold the hell up sister Agnes, her English period wasn’t the only period she missed. You gerrit?

Improve.

Your life should constantly be under construction. They is always something to improve. Its never too late to be what you might have being. Except of course, you wanted to be a serial killer. When ever you feel like giving up, remember better days are coming. They are called Saturday’s and Sunday’s. You know, I made it through today without beating anyone with a chair. I would say my people skills are improving. Then you can definitely improve anything about your life. If you want to be diamond, you have to get ready to be cut like a diamond. When it rains, it pours, but soon, the sun shines again. Why wait for the sun? You should grab an umbrella or better still, your blanket. It’s either the easy way or the hard way. What matters is that you don’t fail at both. Life is a shipwreck but you must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. If you don’t know where you are going, ask for directions or visit a hotel. I heard they have amazing sharwama’s.

Visit A Therapist.

God gives us relatives. Thank God we can choose our therapists. And if you think a therapists would ruin all your weirdness, you can talk to me. Everything is definitely going to be fine someday. But for now,

Here is a drawing of a cat.

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