Failure is not defeat.
It is not fatal.
Failure is the falling down;
Defeat is the staying down;
Victory is the getting back up.
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Everybody falls down--
I fall down.
You fall down.
Miss America falls down.
The President falls down.
We all do.
Some of us stay down;
Some of us get back up.
Who will YOU be?
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Will you stay down when everyone else is getting up?
Will you get up when everyone else is staying down?
The priority here is that YOU simply get back up.
But after you've made it -- and you WILL make it, my friend -- don't just stay safely up on your mountain peak.
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Go back.
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Go back down to the valley, plant your feet, and help others get up.
You don't have to fall down to help the fallen.
You can still reach to them from your stance on higher ground.
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So don't be afraid to fall down, friend.
It will happen.
It happens to all of us.
And you can't always control whether or not you fall, but the one thing you CAN control is how you respond.
Don't be scared.
Don't be discouraged.
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Get back up and keep on climbing. 🍂
What tremendous insight you have for one still so young!! I loved the reference to Miss America :-} She DID fall down! And our president, chosen by God, also had his share of falling down in the past. But it was that falling down and getting back up that prepared him for the injustice that has been put upon him today. Prepared by God for such a time as this. To save our nation, which is still a christian nation. A nation that Christians everywhere still pray for. A nation that God still blesses despite the evil that exists all around us. In times of trials we need to remind ourselves that 'this, too, shall pass'. Love to you and your family.....Chris
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