Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. — Truman Capote
Accepting failure in achieving goals we’ve set for our job, friendships, and daily endeavors is seldom easy. We often demand success, if not perfection, from ourselves and from others. We set standards that can seldom be met; then, when we fail, we’re humiliated rather than humbled. And with this attitude, no matter how many successes we’ve had, they’re cancelled by one failure, no matter how small.
Our journey is made more difficult by these impossible expectations. We seem to find it hard to believe that God does not expect perfection and does not judge our success and failure by the same unbending measuring stick we often apply to ourselves. We are successful every moment that our actions are honest, loving, and consistent with our values. And when they’re not, we are successful when we admit our shortcomings, make amends, and turn it all over to God.
Today’s failures will be reminders to stay humble and surrender my shortcomings to God so that I may go on to enjoy my successes.
Hazelden Foundation
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