Only Failure Teaches You
Your Most Powerful Lessons Of Victory.
This is the irony of life.
Success doesn't teach you much. It's only Failure that teaches you your most important Lessons of Victory.
When you're successful, you don't know why you're successful. You just assume that perhaps it's this or that thing.
When you're successful, you're complacent.
When you're successful, you're not teachable.
When you're successful, you're proud.
When you're successful, you're hard-headed.
But when you fail, you fall on your face.
You hit the ground.
Bang!
You're stunned.
You're dazed.
You've got blood on your lips.
You've got massive pain on your knee.
Suddenly, you're attentive.
Suddenly, you're quiet.
Suddenly, you ask hard questions.
"Why did I fail?"
"What can I do so I won't fail again?"
As you answer these questions, you learn lessons of victory. And when you apply those lessons of victory, that's when you succeed.
See Everything As A Blessing
One day, a man, who was stranded in an island, decided to protect himself from the burning hot sun. For many days, he built a grass hut. But on the day he was to sleep in it, a lightning hit the roof, starting a fire. He hurried to put it out, but it was no use. Everything burned down. He was devastated. He clenched his fist towards the heavens and screamed, "God, how could you do this to me?"
When he woke up the next day, a ship was going to the island. He was being rescued! He jumped up for joy. When the ship landed on the shore, the man asked his rescuers, "How did you know I was here?" The men said, "We saw your smoke signal last night."
Friend, what is your grass hut? What has been taken away from you? What has been destroyed and lost forever? Is it a relationship? Is it a job opportunity? Is it a dream gone bad?
Don't fear. Don't give up.
God is teaching you a lesson of victory. Through your loss, your failure, your trial, God is rescuing you. God is saving you. God is bringing you to a better place.
Eagles Are Made For Storms
Let me end with one more thing about Eagles.
When a storm comes, other birds hide in trees and caves. But not the Eagle. Because Eagles love storms. Eagles sense in their bodies that a storm is coming. And they get excited. Because Eagles don't really fly. Eagles soar. All they do is spread their 7-foot wings and use the wind to carry them. So the stronger the wind, the higher they go. Some say that Eagles can sleep in the storm.
Friend, your storm will lift you higher. Rest in God's love.
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
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