I'm Not Afraid To Fall

Sometimes, there are times in life when it seems like we're doing nothing right. When we get up of a morning, and everything we touch turns to dust, not gold. In particular, there are days in within the submission framework in which we're just "off". Our mindset is off, life presents with a million difficulties, and no matter how hard we try, we just can't get it "right".

But, my friends, I'm here today to tell you that there is no "right". Growth doesn't happen all at once, and there's not a "right" way to grow. Plateaus don't mean that you're doing something wrong, or that you're failing. It just means this lesson is taking just a wee bit longer to sink in. It means that your current frame of mind needs a little more work, and it means that victory will be sweeter in the end. One of my favorite songs says it best:

I'm not afraid to fall
It means I climbed up high
To fall is not to fail
You fail when you don't try
I'm not afraid to fall
I might just learn to fly
and I will spread these wings of mine

*simply* You see, in order to fall, you have to have a place to fall from. In order to plateau, there must have been noticeable progress to measure against. In order to get up, and keep going, there must be an end goal in sight. When it seems like nothing is going right, and everything you're doing is "wrong", and you're getting in trouble, after trouble, after trouble, think about the progress you've made, and how high you've climbed. Victory is sweetest when you've fought for it, and while the climb is hard, it's power to keep on keeping on that matters.