I win. I lose. I succeed. I fail. I perform good. I perform poorly. I feel good. I feel bad. Sometimes things don’t go the way we want them too. I’ve done things I’m proud of. I’ve done things I’m not proud of.
I’ve had bad days in life. I’ve had bad days in the athletic world. I’ve had bad days in the classroom. I’ve had bad days in the bedroom. But I also know I’ve had many good days where I performed exceptionally well in life, sports, school, or sexually.
The thing with me is that when I have that poor performance in whatever the activity was, it tells me that I need to get better. The failure does not define me. The failure ends up being a blessing in disguise. It will make me stronger. In a way, I wouldn’t even call this a failure because it leads me to evolve and develop much better skills at the activity. I recognize I need to put in the effort at improving myself. I appreciate there is so much more out there to learn and expand upon. Which in the end will lead me down the path to greatness. Where in the past I may have been satisfied because I was good or adequate. I can be better than good. I can be great!
Life is going to throw challenges at us. There will be struggles and adversity, stresses and anxieties. Battle through. The past is the past. We move on to bigger and better things.
So my message to you is that when something goes badly. When you fail at something. Don’t get so down on yourself. It does not define you. Pick up the pieces and improve yourself. As a result it leads us to become so much better at something. Instead of being complacent. This is the road to enlightenment.
You and I can mentally erase past mistakes and fear of failure by knowing that we have the capability to perform the successful outcome. I know this because I am in this process right now and feeling the impact. It’s totally possible for us to develop impressive abilities and to learn many new things we never thought were even possible.
I have an obligation to myself to get better at things to the best of my ability. I can no longer waste time not improving and developing my skills. There’s so much potential we have as people, it’s crazy.
We don’t just get to a level of mastery in an instant. By taking steps to improvement slowly and with focused effort we will achieve what we want in time. We often create our own boundaries and set our own limitations. Our mind and body can do amazing things.
I’ve had a lot of fuck-ups. I get over that shit. Those mistakes lead me to strive to change and improve myself. In the end, these mistakes are directing me to a greater happiness. I’m feeling great because I know I’m doing good things. The future has a ton of potential that I am working toward. I’m unleashing the inner revolution within myself. And I invite you to unleash the inner revolution within yourself.
I’m a work in progress. I’m nowhere near perfect. I’m not superhuman. But at times I feel like I’m starting to channel my inner superman. There are so many possibilities ahead. I know I am heading to a valuable, satisfying destination. So I will enjoy the journey and the beautiful stops along the way. I know there will be some rougher stops along the way as well, and it will be the ability to persevere and push ahead that will make this path worthwhile.
So start to work on those rough edges, but don’t abandon your strengths. We’re never done fixing ourselves because none of us are perfect. But I do think that you’re more uniquely perfect than you think!
I’m just getting started.
Rise up,
Nate