Failure

One of the biggest things that people hate being told is that they are "failing" at this thing called life. How does a person REALLY become classified as a failure? To most people it means that they are doing things that other people don't understand because "If I were in your shoes, I would do it this way" Honestly, would you really? Maybe you would do a better job in their shoes but there isn't really a way for you to find out now is there? So lets all cut the judgmental crap just for one second.

Failure to you may be your opinion on whether or not what someone is doing is up to par with what you would do in their situation. For me, Failure is never learning from your mistakes, giving up and submitting to what everyone is telling you. How many times have people told you that you are stupid and you start to believe them? How many times have you heard people say "I hate drama" as they continue to trash talk their so called best friends. How many times have you been told by someone you know, that other people you know were talking poorly about your parenting and you start to question your parenting? Do you see where I am going with this? Failure is listening to what others think about YOUR life and then giving up on something you once thought was the right thing to do.

Lets be real for a minute. We have ALL been in one or more of these situations and its not a good feeling. Lets all cut the crap and be true to ourselves for once! We ALL make mistakes, whether we talk about them to people or not. You can be an open book and share with your friends the stupid things you have done in life or you can try and shove your dirty skeletons in the closet and then talk to everyone about how crappy someone elses life is. When in reality, the reason you are talking so much crap is because something has happened in your life where you questioned yourself too.

I once upon a time was a failure. Why? Because when things got tough I gave up. When people told me I was stupid, I believed them. When people told me how I would never be successful in life, I expected just that. When they told me I was a bad mom, guess what, I questioned my parenting as well. I was a failure because I let other peoples opinions get to me and until just recently. I didn't really know who I was because I was so busy trying to become someone that other people thought I should be.

You can only fail in life when you give up and submit to what other people tell you is true. Make your own damn mistakes. Live your own damn life.

Be the Badass that you were created to be!