Comments on: fall down nine times, get up ten

By: Aleksandra S

Aleksandra S — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:10:27 +0000

Here’s a wise piece of advice I was given once: you learn nothing from success and everything from failure.

Our falls are just the universe’s way of teaching us. If you never fell, you’d never learn to get up, to persevere, to work hard. You don’t learn what determination feels like (sometimes quite literally in the case of your knees). You don’t learn what strength feels like (to hold your head high).

Falling is necessary. Embrace it!

By: Elya

Elya — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:08:08 +0000

A wonderfully inspiring piece. It truly can be both embarrassing and demotivating to fall down when engaged in something so stubbornly and single-mindedly pursued, such as health. I am reminded of the “diet” mentality, along with many other pursuits that are unrelated to health. No need to retrace our steps, learn from them and keep on moving.
Very motivational words. Thank you so much~

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:53:57 +0000

It’s what you guys say about setbacks right? We don’t learn if we don’t fail sometimes. And sometimes it is an epic fail, but as rule 16 of the internets states: If you fail in epic proportions, it may just become a winning failure.

So don’t be a afraid to fail!

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:44:49 +0000

What a lovely post! Thank you for the inspiration.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:07:33 +0000

Thanks for such an encouraging reminder to keep going. We are all going to fall on our journey to a healthy and active lifestyle but the thing that is going to separate us from the rest is that we get back up when we do!