Failing Over and Over

So today I saw someone post a picture of Michael Jordon and a quote of his, "I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 3,000 games. Twenty six times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed".

What a quote! I was being really hard on myself about the not being able to do all the things I want to do, but something about this quote just hit me. It doesn't matter, even if you are the best at what you do, you are going to fail at some point. At some point in your career, you are going to fail at something and along this journey I have failed over and over and over again. But the point is to keep going and to get up. I will continue to keep going and get up as many times as I need to, to reach my goal.

I know that I had committed to a half marathon, and possibly a whole marathon at some point in the next two to three years. I hope this person knows who they are when I am talking to them, but when I say don't give up, DON'T GIVE UP. Get on the horse again. Fail multiple times, but know that I am going to be at that start line with you waiting to go together. I will not run this marathon or half marathon without you. So if that means that we work harder and harder over the next couple years, and that means pushing ourselve mentally more than we thought we could, then we will do that! 

I am ready to be proud of the progress I have made, not just accept it. I want to be comfortable in my own skin and be able to show it off. So to that person, whom I really hope  knows who they are, let's fail together, but let's also be extremely successful together!!!!