Monday Motivation: I Am Not a Failure

"Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he’ll eventually make some kind of career for himself as writer."

Ray Bradbury

I am not a failure!
I write something everyday.
Everyday I say a prayer
and I read a store or poem.

Each day is a struggle
against the darkness
that threatens to overtake,
against the voices of self-doubt,
and against the fear
that attempts to steal
my sense of security.

I am not a failure
because each day
I march forward toward the light
that hides beyond the fog
of today.

I am not a failure
because I continue to proclaim
the name of the Lord.

I am not a failure
because I continue to write
upon the tablet of my spirit
both words and deeds.

I am not a failure! I may not always make my word count goal, but I continue to try. I continue to write poetry and stories. Sometimes I have to look closely at the grammar and the word use because I think faster then I type, but that is the reason I edit and rewrite. As long as I move forward I cannot fail because movement is progress and progress is success.

I am not a failure! Sometimes the darkness of depression overcomes and pushes me down. I will not remain depressed or down because I will rise above the depression simply by writing about the darkness. I write dark letters on a white page; I am working with the negative of light letters on a dark page.