Don't be afraid to fail, be afraid not to try again.
John D Rockefeller.
When I saw this sentence, my mouth read it naturally.
However, I found myself reading awkwardly.
Why is it awkward? I couldn't help but think: Oh, I was not familiar with this, even very strange.
The implication. The recognition of this sentence may have almost non-existent in my past, or I have never been aware of it at all.
In this way, when I don't realize it, then the meaning of this sentence naturally does not exist in my case.
Yes! Don't be afraid to fail, be afraid not to try again.
When I read it again, I started thinking again: what is that failure?
In the vernacular, it means that what you want is not achieved.
It doesn't matter if that's what you want, or if someone else you care about is pinning on you or expecting that you want.
As long as it doesn't meet expectations, it seems to be classified as a failure.
Does that really exist?
Then, in the second half of the sentence, it is said that you should be afraid not to try again.
I suddenly wondered: So, what is failure?
Failure, it's just a virtual existence, just a concept! And this concept seems to be difficult to materialize or actualize through action.
So, what are you afraid of, it's a virtual concept.
When I understand it that way, oh my gosh.
Do you feel that at some level we are not smart enough?
I was actually frightened by such an ethereal existence! So, we didn't dare to try again.
We've stopped at the notion of fear of failure.
So what is the attempt?
Trying, it's that you have the courage to keep going.
Trying, but also means never giving up.
Trying, it means it's not over yet.
Trying, but also tells us that the possibilities are endless.
So, there's no such thing as failure unless you don't try again.
It takes courage to try.
The opposite of fear is courage.
And to be scared means to lack courage.
So, the above sentence "Don't be afraid to fail, be afraid to stop trying".
When we are truly clear about what it means, we are afraid of failure because we are not trying. And it takes courage to try".
We know that we are afraid of failure because we don't have the courage to try.
So. In Rockefeller's words, the emphasis fell on courage.
Courage is not only a state, but also an outward expression of the inner state.
Going back to the beginning of the above sentence, I expressed that when I read this sentence, I felt awkward, my thinking was chaotic, and I didn't understand the real meaning of what it was trying to express.
So, not to mention, I was able to put the moral into practice correctly.
Let's take an example of my fresh hot today: I'm currently going through the process of conditioning my body.
In the past, I didn't care about my body, so much so that today my body has reached a very serious point: since the end of October, my headache has made it impossible for me to live a normal life every day, and I have to go to the doctor everywhere.
It wasn't until January 1, 2024 that I finally found a doctor who used acupuncture, cupping and other methods to dredge the meridians, acupressure techniques, and lasted 8 times a day for two or three hours of conditioning**, and now my body has improved significantly.
But when I went to experience it for the first time, because of the long-term blockage of my body, the doctor didn't use too much force, I cried in pain, especially the needles in the head!
At that time, my body not only needed to endure the pain caused by long-term stasis in the past, but also had to endure the pain of ** at this time, and my mind told me that I really couldn't bear it anymore and didn't want to experience it again.
But back to the physical level, I still told myself that I had to be brave and that I had to try again, try again.
Otherwise, my body will never get better.
I told myself that no matter how painful it was this time, I had to be brave enough to try, and my body might get better.
Although, I was scared before every subsequent trip. Especially in the seconds before each needle, I was extremely nervous and scared! But I kept telling myself that there was no way back, that I needed to try again, try again.
In this way, after 8 brave attempts, I also ushered in the initial results of my body, and the state of vitality finally came to a head today, allowing me to see and feel that my heart is satisfied, gratified, and everything is worth it.
Looking back, if I was in the case of the pain of needle pricking, cupping, or massage acupuncture points for the first time, I chose not to try again because I was afraid of pain and didn't want to experience the pain caused by **.
So what will today's results be? It is an illusory existence after all.
And if I didn't decide to try, how could I meet it.
Therefore, failure never exists, and when you stop trying, it will make you deeply feel the frustration and pain caused by failure.
In the same way, the results do not exist, but when you try again, it will also make you deeply feel the satisfaction and happiness that the results bring.
Therefore, whatever you really desire, you need to have the courage to try.
And believe that it may be waiting for you at the next intersection after you try it.
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