I found out today that I failed all of my classes for the last term and I am blown. Initially I wanted to go to that place of depression (with no one knowing of course); but, it's weird because I didn't go there. I called my advisor and e-mailed my professors to see what I could do in attempts to bring up my grades. One said that I could turn in a paper that I missed which will take me from failing to passing. I'm waiting to hear back from the other two regarding their decision.
The lesson for me is that failure produces something - either fruit or a weed. Fruit provides substance and energy to perform a task whereas a weed's job is to take away the life of healthy plants. I had to ask myself what was this failure going to produce - will it be a character building opportunity or will I allow it to kill me? I've decided that it's going to be a character building opportunity!
My mind is being renewed with each step that I walk or jog. This journey can be applied to every aspect of my life. This morning at Track Date, my emotions were on 10 and I allowed them to control me verses me control them. As a result, I didn't push as hard as I could have. I learned from that experience that emotions really are controllable. Not that I want to ignore the feeling, but that particular moment may not be the best time to respond to it. So with knowing that, this evening when I went to the gym, I pushed through the tired feeling and I did a mile in 14.53 minutes and a 5k in 48 minutes. Both of those numbers are my best to date.
Failure produces something, what are you allowing to spring up?
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