If you tried, and failed

Perhaps this simple Japanese saying will help.

If you've tried to build, launch or create new things based on your ideas and dreams,

poured your heart into them, taken that leap, even gone public with what you were doing, and it hasn’t worked out,

I get it. Me too.

It’s tough to face those moments when you stumble, fall flat on your face or back, or hit what feels like a brick wall.

Let me encourage you: It’s completely normal to experience this and it’s okay to feel deflated, feel like giving up, or think, “What’s the point?!?”

Failure was always an option (along with success).

And failure never feels nice.

But remember that failure isn’t the end, or it doesn’t have to be.

The truth is that the only way to transform failure into success is to get back up.

By doing so, each time you rise, you have more learning to apply.

In the process, you gain more wisdom and, eventually, with even small wins, you gain strength.

So, as the saying goes, my friend

“Fall over six times, get up 7.”

It's the option before you.

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