Martha Beck's advice on failure

The timing is just right for reading this article. It is the way to end one year and begin another year.

clipped from www.oprah.com The Woman Who Fell to Earth To Fail Is Divine by Martha Beck clipped from www.oprah.com This is especially ironic because researchers report that satisfaction thrives on challenge. Think about it: A computer game you can always win is boring; one you can win sometimes, and with considerable effort, is fun. With time-killing games, where the stakes are very low, pretty much everyone's willing to risk failure. But when it comes to things we think really matter, like creating a career or raising children, we hunker down, tighten up, and absolutely refuse to fail. Anyway, that's the theory. The reality is, we are going to fail. Then we make things worse by refusing to accept this.