Failure

"The only real failure in life is the failure to try"

Why is it that even when we are given the freedom to fail the fear of failure still hangs over us?

I remember growing up not really feeling that anything I did was good enough. Over the years I would let things pass me by thinking I could never do that or what if I couldn't do it right?  I realized that my fear of failure is one of the major causes for procrastination

Until we learn to embrace failure we never get out of our comfort zone.

The pressure to be perfect leaves us feeling safe but stagnated—and not quite alive.

What if we not only accept our failure but go out of our way to fail? This is such a foreign statement that I have to stop and read it again and again until it began to make sense in my mind.

Fear of failure or disappointment has controlled many of my decisions in life without my even knowing it. I remember being asked one day, " What is your biggest fear in life?" I didn't have to hesitate long before I answered fear of failure or not measuring up. Another time I read that breaking out of your comfort zone and facing your mistakes can lead to innovation and stronger relationships.

I know that God doesn't intend for His children to live in fear. He has directed us over and over again not to fear. So again I ask Why is it that even though we are given the freedom to fail the fear of failure still hangs over us?

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.