Are You Afraid to Fail?

She fell, hard. Smacking her face on the floor.

As my Mama senses went into overdrive, she popped right back up, smile on her face, seemingly unfazed by what had happened and ready to try all over again.

That’s what happens when we’re little and beginning to navigate the world.

We try. We fail. We try again and keep on trying until we accomplish the latest milestone.

But somewhere along the journey we begin to avoid the falls. We convince ourselves that the comfort and stability are more imp...