How Failure Shaped Me
In my first post, I reflected on John Maxwell’s Failing Forward—a book I wish I had read much earlier in life. Its message is simple but transformative: failure is not final unless you quit. This second article shares how that truth has shown up in my life—sometimes painfully, often redemptively. I hope these reflections remind you, as they’ve reminded me, that failure is not the end of the story—it is often the point where the real story begins.
Failing Forward: What I Learned from Falling and Rising Again
"The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of—and response to—failure." —John C. Maxwell
Living with Purpose in a Time of Uncertainty: Lessons from Faith, Crisis, and Lifelong Learning
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, many of us were jolted out of our routines and confronted with the fragility of life. For me, it was a deeply personal reminder that life is finite—a wake-up call to recalibrate not only what I do but why I do it. As John Piper put it in his book Coronavirus and Christ, "The coronavirus is God's thunderclap call for all of us to repent and realign our lives with the infinite worth of Christ." I believe God never wastes a crisis. Neither should we.