Becoming Better From Falling

From a toddler learning to stand with our both legs, we have been falling. Though it hurt when we fell, that’s how we be able to stand firmly in the end. From standing to walking, we fell again. But that’s how we got to walk in the end. Then when we grow up, we learn how to cycle. And we fall again…

It seems like we are destined to fall in stages of our life. It hurt like hell, but it strengthen us. We learned what not to do next time so as to avoid the pain. That’s how we grow. Recently, I read in a book that discussed falling:

If You Didn’t Fall
You Didn’t Get Any Better
If You Are Going To Get Better
You Have To Push Yourself
If You Push Yourself
You Are Going To Fall

Isn’t this so true? Whenever we are going to move on to the next stage, to become better, we fall. We learn from the falling, becoming better after the fall. Thomas Edison fell a thousand times before he invented light bulb. He became better after each fall, he learned what didn’t work after each fall.

No matter how hard the fall is, you will be able to pick yourself up. But some decides to remain fallen and beaten. They decide to give in to the fall, never ever rise again. It’s not about the fall, it’s what you do after the fall. Successful people probably fell many more times but they always pick themselves up.

President Lincoln is one of the greatest failure in human history before he became President. He lost his wife, mind, business and money. He lost many times in election, and the final one, he was made the President of United States. He never give in to those falls. Probably those falls made him a better person which resulted in being one of the better Presidents in America history.

The sad thing is I’ve seen many friends giving in to the fall. They decided to stay in the comfort zone, not wanting to fall again. They seems to have forgotten that successful people stand up from the fall, never give in to what life presented to them.

Falling is only a process towards success. Without falling, one would never know how sweet success is. And if you are down under now, you have a choice. Remain there or rise, your choice!