Appreciating Trials along with Success
Yes, you read the title of this post correctly. Someone once told me that in order to truly understand and accept success with a grateful heart, one must go through trials in order to obtain it. I have been changing the vocabulary that I use when describing this, because what was originally said to me had the word "failure" in it. I believe that we don't fail--we learn. I have been instilling that in the lives of the kids I teach, alongside reintroducing this into my life. I have gotten in the habit of saying that I "failed" when things don't pan out the way I want them to. I had an instance like this recently. I competed in the first local of the Miss Kansas 2023 season and walked away without a title. It wasn't the outcome I wanted. I would've loved to have told people that I was going back to Miss Kansas, but it wasn't in the cards for me at this point in time. I was fine for the time being, but the following evening, that is when the tears