In my experience over the years I’ve met a lot of people who aren’t willing to try new things because they run the risk of failing. Many believe if you’re going to fail your better off not doing it at all. Leave it to the experts with talents in that particular area.
I have 10 children, a homestead, I volunteer for the church, I bake all of my families bread. I mess up a lot.
Most things I start ends in failure. Nothing comes easy to me, I don’t have some natural skill towards homesteading or baking or raising kids. I have become comfortable with failure. To me failing is a kind of super power. Failing means I am willing to try, I am bold enough to dream, to reach for something new. I am brave enough to be terrible at things but determined enough to persevere until I master the skill. It takes a back bone to be willing to fail but to jump in with both feet and try. I am not ashamed to fail.
Social media has led us to a culture of being ashamed to show our messes, our failures, our challenges. Everything has to look picture perfect. We hide real because deep down we think we are the only ones who mess up, who fail. I’m here to show you what real life looks like on a homestead. Animals are messy, kids are messy, people are messy.
I’ve become good at a lot of skills over the years by researching, trying, failing, researching more, trying again, failing again and then finally getting it.
Don’t quit because things get hard. Life is hard. Hard isn’t bad, it’s just hard. This life is worth fighting for. Live it to the fullest!
