I’ve been thinking about failure. There are several kinds. One is inevitable: the failing of organs leading to death. Everyone fails in this regard. I suppose it is the manner of living, style, and health before that defines whether death is a failure or the end of a good life. Failure of health is bad. It’s important to take care of health. It’s the most important thing there is.
Another kind of failure is failure of judgment. We’ve all had them. These are mistakes, failure to see the train coming at you. Looking back, they are usually pretty stupid in hindsight, but very hard to see in real time. If you learn from them and grow, and let them go, they won’t ruin your life.
That brings up the next type of failure. Failures in a career, a marriage, a relationship, a friendship, an investment, or a business are serious and not easily overcome. More than one is very bad. Sure Ray Kroc overcame failure dozens of times, but most cannot. The odd thing is that some people don’t see why they failed. They don’t see what they did caused their failure. This is the bottom half that thinks they are better than most, the rationalizers.
I look back on my failures and see they are from personal defects. I can only try to work around the defects. I’m not sure its possible to correct personal defects even if you recognize them.
