I Hate Failure
Failure to achieve something meaningful in life can be devastating sometimes. I was thinking about failure today. There are circumstances in life that may get in the way of our success. Sometimes failure is inevitable. But why?
We have little control over nature; often it seems like it needs to fail us or disappoint us in order for us to appreciate it as a gift from God. We have failed at preserving our natural resources. That is real failure because it will have repercussions on future generations.
We may not understand how someone can deceive and fail us when we most need support and compassion. As human beings we fail each other all the time. We fail our children many times by expecting less from them. We fail to love each other unconditionally and to develop compassion. We fail to forgive. We fail to open our hearts. We fail to think before we speak and hurt someone deeply. We fail to keep the peace.
The following is about failure. I wrote it soon after my sister passed away from heart failure. It seemed that everything was failing all at once.
I Hate Failure!
The baby steps we made
toward peace yesterday
are now giant footprints
leading to mass destruction.
I Hate Failure!
CHILDREN
DIE
FROM
STILL.
We could do more to help you know.
We don’t though. Why not?
I Hate Failure!
We do not do enough,
to do enough,
to snuff out
HATE,
BIGOTRY,
and all the BAD stuff there is to snuff.
We know it’s up to us.
It is our job to make peace
and to teach our children
to accept our differences and respect
diversity. But we don’t. Why not?
I Hate Failure!
The moon
forgot
to dance the rumba last night
to make her chuckle
one last time.
The stars failed to show up
when she made her last wish.
No one was there to embrace her
and whisper goodbye.
I Hate Failure!
She never knew
how precious she was
to all of us. I hope she knows it now somehow.
I Hate Failure!
I Hate Failure!
I Hate Failure!
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