A life need not be great to be beautiful.

There may be as much beauty in a tiny flower as in a majestic tree;

In a little gem as in a great jewel.

A life may be very lovely and yet be insignificant in the world’s eyes.

A beautiful life is one that fulfills its mission in this world;

That is what God made it to be;

And does what God wants it to do.

Those with only commonplace gifts are in danger of thinking;

That they cannot live a beautiful life;

That they cannot be a blessing in this world.

Failure does happen. It happens to all of us. Sometimes we make mistakes. That's because we are human. Other times, we are just plain lazy. Still other times, we aren't realistic. We blow it. We fail and feel horrible!

What then? Find it helpful to remember that it is human to fail. All of us do fail - at least some of the time. Spend a little time in reflection, figure out what went wrong, and then make some changes.

Perhaps the most important thing we can do for ourselves is to refrain from beating on ourselves. After we reflect on the failure, we can let the failure go and try again. The next time we try, WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE SPENT SOME TIME PONDERING. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO LEARN.