Failure

You see it everywhere. The dejected kids on TV ads after they lose a game......and they're happy. What is wrong with this picture? Does having pizza after failing really make the failing worth it? Since when has our society moved that if you don't succeed you are still good? Where is the drive toward success that made us who we are?

America these days is a constantly changing, amoeba-like organism. But we've grown complacent with our place in the world. There was once a time in our history when, as a country, we were nothing. An insignificant speck on the face of the earth. Were we happy with that? Heck no! So what did we do about it? We worked hard, we innovated, we took pride in our success not in our failure. Did we fail? Yes, many times. Did we celebrate that? Heck no! We were ashamed of our failures, we did not let our failures define us. Instead we took them as teaching tools, and then used those experiences to motivate further success. That's what made this country what it is, desire to succeed, desire to be the best. So why do we see ads on TV that are telling the young generations of America that it is okay to fail, or to lose? It's okay to lose, you'll still get a pizza out of it. These ads sicken me.

Why do we do this? Why do we encourage this sort of losing mentality in the people who are going to be making decisions and doing things that will affect this country? Do we as a country really want to be losers? Do we want to live with failure? How can we possibly be okay with being any less than the best? Now, don't peg me as the guy who says only America should be the best. I'm not trying to say that at all. All I'm trying to say is that if we have a desire to succeed, a drive to be successful, we will be successful. And that doesn't apply to just this country, that is a universal rule. All you have to do is desire to succeed, and you'll be more likely to do so. Why live with failure? Why celebrate failure? Do we want to hold ourselves back?

Failure isn't something to live with. Does it happen? Yes it does. But there is a difference between letting failure define you and using failure to help you learn what not to do. Don't become complacent with failure. That's the first step down a dark path that you don't want to see. Success is good, success should be desired not looked down upon. Don't fall into the arms of failure, you don't want to go there.

And so we go...