The Joys of Failure

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I have noticed that a lot of my blogs are really long so I'm going to give all of you people who read this a shorter blog this time. Everyone wants to be a winner and when we are young everyone gets a "trophy" for trying, but as we get older those rewards go away and we are taught to fear failure. Being taught to fear failure and not embracing it might not be the right thing to do in the long run. Because failure is sometimes an important step in creativity I thought that it would be a good thing for me to provide insight on.
All my life i have HATED losing and the thought of failing has left me being harder on myself when I have fallen short of my goal. I have cried after losing a playoff game, I have had to bring a report card home that wasn't what it should have been and I have made LOTS of mistakes. But now im starting to realize that I am the person I am today because of the failures and mistake I have made. Failure is an important part of creativity, risk-taking, and aiming high in my goals. If I'm not failing then i might not be trying hard enough. Some of life's most important lessons are taught through failure.
I think in order to be happy we must think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right in an atmosphere of growth. People get a boost from learning new skills,  and from experiences that provide an atmosphere for growth. However, while experiences and challenge bring happiness, along the way, they also bring frustration, insecurity, anger, and fear.... happiness doesn't always make us feel happy along the way.
I think that sometimes we spend so much time thinking and focusing on our past and thinking about what would have happen if we would have not had made the mistakes we had made. But I am glad that I have made the mistakes I have made because I know that I would not be anywhere near the person I am today if it wasnt for the mistakes I have made. I think that if we set our standards high and accept failure and think of it as a stepping stone to success than we will be happier with our lives. I know that this blog is not the length of previous ones but i think i got the message across, Im going to leave you with one of my favorite quotes.
“We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are.”-Calvin and Hobbes