“Do not fear failure. Whatever happened in the past is past; do not worry about it happening again. Before you meet with success, failure is natural and necessary. As a baby learns to walk, it keeps falling down. Is this failure? Throughout our life we go through similar processes: going to school, pursuing a career, practicing Ch’an. After my first book, someone said to me, “Now you’re a success.” I said, “No. That book was a failure. I would write it much better if I had to do it again.” It is the same with practice; there is never a successful conclusion. When you are working hard, failure is natural. If you have never failed, you have never tried.” – Master Sheng-Yen, Tricycle magazine, Summer 1995
Happy New Year everyone.
