Failure is hard. Not only do we have to deal with what didn’t work out, but it can lead us to feeling that we don’t even want to try again because our fear of future failure is so great.
Today we are going to tap for how the fear of failure can undermine our future efforts.
If I Fail Again I Don’t Know If I Will Have The Energy To Try Again
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I know I want to move forward…And I know I want success…But I also recognize the fact that this is something that is really taxing…And I really hate failure…Failure sucks energy away from me…Failure sucks energy away from my willingness to try more…And I am afraid…That if I try again…And fail again…That it is going to become so overwhelming and so much of an energy suck…That I will not have the energy…Or the effort…To try again…And I appreciate the fact…That this part of me…That is simply trying to keep me safe…Doesn’t want me to deal with failure…Doesn’t want me to deal with the consequence of failure…Doesn’t want to deal with how failure will weigh on me…Making it hard for me to take action…And making it hard for me to move forward…Every failure I have encountered…I have survived…If I hadn’t survived…I wouldn’t be here today…Failure can be instructive…Failure can open new paths…I don’t want to seek failure…I don’t need failure for success…But whenever failure comes…I can overcome…Whenever failure shows up…I can persist through…I give myself permission…To recognize I can take action…Knowing failure is a possibility…And whenever failure comes…Knowing I can survive…Failure is not the end…Failure is another bump along the road…Not one I seek…Not one I’m looking for…But one I can survive…I have survived things not going well before…And I will survive them again.
Thank you, it is helpful to know that embarrassment, feeling stupid or silly if mistakes are made we can be brave enough to try and survive if we fail.