Let Failure Point You to Success

Oliver goldsmith was born the son

Of a poor preacher in Ireland

In the 1700’s growing up

Wasn’t a great student

In fact his schoolmaster

Labeled him a “stupid blockhead”

He did manage to earn a college degree,

But he finished at the

Bottom of his class

He was unsure of what

He wanted to do

At first he tried to become a preacher

But it didn’t suit him, and

He was never ordained

But he was an indifferent doctor

And was not passionate about this profess

He was able to hold

Several posts only temporarily

Goldsmith lived in poverty

Was often ill and once

Even had to pawn his cloth to buy food

It looked liked

He would never find his way

But then he discovered an interest

And would aptitude for writer and translating

At first, he worked as Fleet Street reviewer and writer

But then he began to write

Work that came out of his own interest

He secured his reputation as a novelist

With the vicar of Wakefield,

A poet with “The deserted Village”

And a playwright with she stoops to conquer

Failure is the productive part of success

It provides the road you don’t have to travel again,

The mountain you don’t have to climb again,

And the valley you don’t have to cross again

At the time you’re making mistakes,

They may not feel like “the kiss of Jesus”,

This was mother Teresa’s term

For failures that drive us to God

But if we have the right attitude,

They can lead us to what

We ought to be doing.