Failure is the opportunity to begin!

Kanye West may have lost the plot when it comes to dental care, but it seems some of his lyrics ring true for mental health care. In his song Stronger, Kanye sings: “now that don’t kill me, can only make me stronger...”

The origin for these famous lyrics goes all the way back to the German Philosopher Nietzsche in the mid 1800’s, but a recent study has got us re-examining these wise old words. The study asked a national sample of people to report all the adverse events or tough times they have experienced in their lives and also asked them about their current mental health and well being.

The researchers found that people who experienced some adverse events reported better mental health and well-being than people with a high history of adversity i.e. tough times or those with no history of adversity. So apparently a little bit of adversity is good for us, but not too much or too little.

At some point in our lives, everyone will go through a tough time of some kind. Unfortunately, no one is able to choose how much of a tough time they go through, but hope springs eternal, and by simply getting through that tough time, it may make us a stronger person, more resilient and better able to deal with what life has in store for us next.

No one's life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather. But it's this adversity and more specifically, our resilience that makes us strong and successful. But no-one can tke the leap of faith for you, you have to jump...

"Loss makes artists of us all as we weave new patterns in the fabric of our lives."

It's the rare person that has never felt pain or had tragedy touch their lives. And anyone that's come out on the other side has something valuable to say that others can benefit from.

Faith lingers, one way or another, in every society. For those who have given up on Christianity, there's a newly coined term, "cultural Christian," to describe the half-hearted believer or the timid atheist. Never give up on faith as faith gives us the streng we need to believe and believing guides the way to success!

Here's the very cool thing about our human consciousness. We can't be in a state of fear and one of love at the same time. They can't coexist. So when you are stuck in fear, reconnect to love.

Resilience enables “bouncing back” after stressful organisational and life events such as significant change, stress, adversity and hardship, and incorporates the concept of emerging from the adversity stronger and more resourceful. At work, resilience is the ability to remain task focussed and productive whilst experiencing tough times.

Failure is not getting knocked down, it's not getting up again! Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently... Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall down...

If you feel like life has got you one up! Just always remmember: Life is a succession of moments, seconds and minutes. To live each one is to succeed. In the end its not about if you've won or lost, but how you played the game...

"The greatest discovery of this generation is that a human being can alter their life by altering their attitude."