28 Days of Thankfulness - Day 6 - Failure

As you might imagine, in the course of my job, I meet an awful lot of interesting people. Yesterday I was before a mediator who was about 85 years old, who had been in lots of interesting positions including judge, police officer, and mayor. He had a lot of things to say, but two things resonated with me:

"Behind every successful man is an awful lot of unsuccessful years." 

and

 "Don't quit before the miracle happens."

It was such a great message to hear, because sometimes I just feel "stuck." I feel like I am not moving forward fast enough in the direction I should be going.

Failure really does breed success. You hear about it all the time. Failure makes you stronger, makes you change direction, makes you consider lots of other possibilities that maybe you otherwise would not. Failure is a blessing in disguise if you don't give up,

Don't give up :-)

For every success in my life, I am thankful for the failures that made them possible.