SOMETIMES YOU WIN, SOMETIMES YOU LEARN.
March 31, 2021
SOMETIMES YOU WIN, SOMETIMES YOU LEARN
My kids were playing chess with each other day and I overheard the younger one say to his brother - "sometimes you win, sometimes you learn".
I can't recollect who won or lost the game but that phrase gladdened my heart.
It gladdened my heart because we didn't start with that phrase but I am glad they got it!
We used to tell them, "sometimes you win, sometimes you lose" until one day when I got an epiphany and I told my wife, we have to change that statement.
We did! We changed it to "Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn".
See, we have been intentional in teaching them that there is nothing called failure.
In life, you learn from the things that do not work out, you also gain from your losses.
Losing is an opportunity to reflect on their learnings and opportunities.
Henry Ford said it better, "Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently".
I don't know who I am preaching to here.
You thought failure was your end, or that failure was a loss, God said I should tell you that you're wrong!
Not all losses take away from something from you, many of them have added things to do you.
Your problem is that you keep focussing on the pain instead of the gain.
There are gains for you in every pain! There is a lesson in every loss.
No wonder the Bible says, "all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose" [Romans 8:28]
When you are living a life of purpose, you never lose! You always win, in the end!
Never forget those words, "Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn".
I believe in you.
- Dr. Samuel Ekundayo | The Purpose Preacher
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