This Is How Failure Is Actually A Positive

Confused? I’ll explain how below

Caitlin McColl
Dose Of Wonder
Published in
4 min readJul 15, 2024

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The picture above sums it up quite well.

Failure isn’t a bad thing. Even though we’ve been conditioned to think that. I’d venture to say that failure is actually a positive.

You may have seen the meme of the acronym F.A.I.L. standing for

First Attempt In Learning

Every time you fail, it’s not a negative, it’s actually a learning experience.

It’s when we have failures along our path of life that we learn, grow, change and move forward.

Be grateful for all the times you have “failed”, and change your perspective on them. It isn’t a bad thing. It doesn’t make you a loser. It is an important stepping stone along the way. It might cause you upset, shame, embarrassment, anger, when you don’t achieve whatever it is you’ve been striving for.

And that’s okay. You’re allowed to feel however you feel about falling short of your goals. But that doesn’t mean it’s the end and that you should just give up.

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Caitlin McColl
Dose Of Wonder

Writer on mental health, grief & loss, mindfulness, running, life musings (+ fiction and poetry!). ❤️coffee & dogs. Vancouver 🇨🇦