The importance of trying

I noticed in my life that there is often an underlying fear of failing. It is not so obvious at first.

But behind distractions, excuses and stories are often fears.

And in our society a lot is based on success. But success is relative. There are people that define success by financial gain and there are people that define success by the amount of impact they make in the world.

And others don’t even try because they are so scared of failing. Yet, failing is nothing bad. We simply have not learned how to handle failures or we see it as “weak” or “unsuccessful”.

Yet, failures can be wonderful teachers. Failures can teach us a lot of lessons. They can teach us about our own limitations.

Looking back so far, I learned the most out of my failures. And sometimes I am so grateful that things didn’t work out. Because they were not meant for me and something much better came along.

And other times, I simply learned my lesson. And I was even grateful the mistake or failure happened or I couldn’t have understood it any better way. Even if those moments were uncomfortable, they turned out to be a gift much later.

So if you have nudge or play with the thought of trying something new - go for it!

Don’t let fear of failure hold you back.

You can never know how things turn out if you don’t try them.

I was scared of trying a lot of times. Until I just gave it a go. It takes courage and some people don’t understand you or think you are out of your mind. Until I realised that’s the best thing to do… Being out of your mind. Literally lol The more you are in your mind, the more overthinking can occur. The less you are in your mind, the more you simply give it a try. 

And after a while, you take things and opinions of others less seriously.

Keep trying!