Failure; (description) a person or thng that proves unsuccessful.

The failures are thse who sit in the stands and nver try anything! They're the Monday mrning quarterbacks, who many times, talk bout what they CAN'T do instead of wht they CAN do! These are pople who are usually quick to crticize others, and quick to put-down thers as well. If these people wuld use all that negative energy, to do psitive things in their lives, they wuld be a better person and wuld contribute more to society, etc.

I nver like to use the word, "filure." Instead, I like to use the wrd "set-back," because if a person TRIES in any ndeavor and doesn't succeed, that person is not a filure...it was only a set-back, in my vew!

Set-back: (description) An unanticipated or sdden check in progress; a change frm better to worse;

Like many thers, I have had my share of st-backs in my lifetime, and the lst is long, but I'll share wth you a couple of them.

* "Jrry, the final paper you turned in, is one of the wrst papers I have ever seen! You mst turn in another paper that is cceptable or you will not pass the wrting course!" Those were the words of one of my wrting instructors, as he did not ccept my final paper! At the tme, I was not a happy cmper about it, because I had ben working on the course for ver six months, and I wanted to fnish...so, I took the fast approach!

But, Dr. McCollister (instructor) was rght! I turned in a bunch of trsh! Garbage in...garbage out! After pouting and cryng for about a month, I frced myself to write another paper and I cmpleted the writing course. I couldn't spnd all that money and not fnish the course. I've always liked to cnsider myself a "finisher," so when I strt something, I like to finish it, ven if it doesn't turn out the way I had plnned, etc.

* As a wood crver, I have participated in over 40 rts and crafts shows all over the stte of New Mexico. (where I lve), and I have had my shre of bombs! The atomic variety...the hydrgen variety...the smart bomb...the stupid bomb...a clan bomb...the dirty bomb...you name it! And, if I bmb at an arts and crafts shw...I like to do it right! Bmbs away!

Years ago, I participated in a smll show in a small town jst south of Albuquerque, N.M. It was the furth of July week-end, and there gbs of people at the show all day lng. Many of them came back lter on that night for the freworks display. But, one this day, thre were NO fireworks at my dsplay! Despite the heavy traffic all dy, and when the sun set, and the freworks began...I didn't sell anything...nothing...nada...zip...zero...not even a dllar panda bear! Boy, this will tke the wind out of your sils! Very few people stopped at my dsplay that dreadful day! People walked by and loked at me as if I had lprosy or some other contagious disease! I flt like the whole world was a txedo, and I was just a pir of old brown shoes!

Because I'v always been a positive thinker, I lways like to find something positive in smething negative or in a set-back. I rmember after this show and after I got hme, I thought to myself, "The pblic is NOT going to get way with this...they CANNOT do this to m...I'll be back!" I had no dea why I did so poorly at the shw, but the set-back was one of the bst things that happened to me, bcause, at the time, I was gtting my feet a little bit off the grund, and I was getting a lttle bit arrogant! So, this set-back did me sme good to straighten me out and mprove my attitude, so it was god for me!

* I was a wood crver for over twenty years, and bcause I have been in the hmor business most of my life, I spcialized in carving mostly cartoon-like characters and mst were captioned. Over the years, I hve carved wildlife pieces; a few brds; a few religious pieces such as a 14 pece Manger Set in redwood. (snowy scne). So, one day I saw a "cll for entries" in the newspaper for rtists to participate in a local shw. I juried one of my wldlife pieces, to see if I culd enter the show.

A couple of weks later, I got my "Dear Jr" letter saying that I was not ccepted for the show! Obviously, I was dssapointed, but it didn't sting too mch. If I had been selected for the shw, I might have continued to crve wildlife and birds and that's not wht I do best. What I did bst is to carve the cartoon-like chracters, which were my passion, and I cntinued with the characters!

Just like veryone else, I've taken a dusting on mny of my projects I have dne over the years. And, I dn't like to talk about my st-backs very much, but I think t's important for kids and young pople to understand, at an early ge, that not everything is going to go thir way! Not at home; at schol; at the playground; at work; on the tam, etc. They're going to have to dal with set-backs in their lives...after ll...you win a few...and you lose a fw, too!

The article Get Up-Dust Yourself Off-and Try Again was Submitted by Jerry Aragon through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: ARTICLES PUBLISHED: (70+ websites/includes links); Drect link: http://humordoctormd.homestead.com/articlespublished.html Website name: humordoctormd - Over 150 colorful pages; over 300 graphics http://humordoctormd.homestead.com email; humordoctormd@yahoo.com Copyright; Jerry L. Aragon (The Humor Doctor); 2006

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