Failure is where the value lies.

What I always think about my daughter

I hope she fails quickly.

While I can still watch over her

While I can still offer her words of support

I hope she fails a lot.

For most things

Until she realizes

That it's going to be okay.

I want her to build the strength to bounce back from that.

I want her to build the strength to rely on those around her.

Among the painful things about being with my ex-husband,

what I still remember even now

is the memory of him not letting me fail.

I want to try it myself.

It's okay if I fail.

Because I will manage it on my own.

"Let me fail, too!!!"

I would scream in my heart

If I don't gain insights from failure

and change

I will stay the same forever

just going around in circles in the same place

I start to avoid failure as if it were something bad

and taking on challenges becomes increasingly scary

It's okay to fall

because I will get back up

because I want to be someone who can stand back up

and to confirm that for myself

"Let me fail."

I always thought that

I often show my daughter my failures.
I often show my daughter my failures.

On the way home from daycare,
I try talking about things that didn't go well at work.

My daughter's eyes as she listens to that are
more serious than usual.

And then my daughter says,

"I see."

I love this so much.

It's nothing more and nothing less than that.

It's okay.

Even if you fail,

most things

will work out somehow.

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