[Daily OM]: The word failure puts forward a very
simplistic way of thinking that allows for only two possibilities:
failure or success. Few things in the universe are black and white, yet
much of our language reads as if they are. The word failure signifies a
paradigm in which all subtlety is lost. When we regard something we have
done, or ourselves, as a failure, we lose our ability to see the truth,
which is no doubt considerably more complex. In addition, we hurt
ourselves. All you have to do is speak or read the word failure and see
how it makes you feel.
At some point, the word may not have been so loaded with the weight of
negativity, and it simply referred to something that did not go
according to plan. Unfortunately, in our culture it is often used very
negatively, such as when a person is labeled a failure, even though it
is impossible for something as vast and subtle as a human being to be
reduced in such a way. It also acts as a deterrent, scaring us from
taking risks for fear of failure. It has somehow come to represent the
worst possible outcome. Failure is a word so burdened with fearful and
unconscious energy that we can all benefit from consciously examining
our use of it, because the language we use influences the way we think
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