Hey! Your Life Sucks! Life Is a Gift

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” –Winston Churchill
“Failure is an event, never a person.” –William D. Brown
It’s been too easy for me to fall into a pity party and woe is me situation. OK, maybe I did that for three minutes. I consider myself lucky to have a spouse, three healthy kids (for the most part, one does have a couple of challenges), a comfortable home, and a home office business that I love.
The first part of this story is over at Bionic Ear Blog because it talks about what not having an MRI due to a cochlear implant.
Several people inspired me. The first being Daphne Gray-Grant. She had her second stroke in six years! My dad, who died on 24 December 2007, died from complications of his April 2007 stroke. I knew her story was incredible and her attitude most impressive. She wrote, “Life is a gift. Use it. Write with it.”
Right before my surgery, my friends mentioned, Stuff Happens (and then you fix it!): 9 Reality Rules to Steer Your Life Back in the Right Direction. I don’t usually order books right away as I’ve got plenty to read. But it struck me and I felt like I needed to read it. Another inspiration comes from Karen’s “Deaf and Thankful,” which published right after the surgery.
It only took a day to read the book, if that. It contains stories of people getting pass roadblocks in their lives. One person had a lot of money from the dot com days only to lose the money and everything. He rebuilt his life.
Our failures are not failures. They tell us what doesn’t work and we keep on trying. This alleged quote, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Notice these were events, not a reflection upon him as a person.
Although I can’t do as much work for my clients as I can or do much laundry (both of which puts heavy duty guilt on this gal), I remember that I have my life and family.
My clients all understand the situation and that’s why I put high value on being personable and building relationships with my clients most of whom are friends. In fact, one of my first clients and I met in person when he flew to Texas from Minnesota for a family celebration.

3 thoughts on “Hey! Your Life Sucks! Life Is a Gift”

  1. Hi Meryl

    Thank you! Sometimes we all get so caught up in the rat race of life that we forget to stop and think about the things that are blessed with and with this being the season, it is a nice time to reflect on that.

    I do like your Churchill quote, but one of my favorite ones is from Michael Jordan:

    “I’ve missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot . . . and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

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  2. Mike, great quote from Air Jordan. Hadn’t heard that one. Reggie Jackson, homerun king, could also be the strikeout king. After all, he attempts as much strikes as he could which allowed him to get his homeruns.

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