{"id":3200,"date":"2017-01-02T19:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T00:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/temp.dianaderringer.com\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2021-12-23T16:13:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T21:13:58","slug":"fall-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/fall-flat\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Flat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/temp.dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fall-Flat.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Flat--Yellowstone waterfall\" width=\"347\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fall-Flat.jpg 347w, https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fall-Flat-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/>Waterfalls in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yell\">Yellowstone National Park\u00a0<\/a>may fall on flat land. Yet, they never fall flat. They never fail to amaze us.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>When we fall flat, we fail. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We fail in a big way. Often, we say we fall flat on our face.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>We all fail. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We may wish for a failure-free life, but that will never happen. Sometimes our failures are small. Other times we fail in a big way \u2013 we fall flat. We feel like we <a href=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/cant-win-for-losing\/\">can\u2019t win for losing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Since we all fail, what will we do with those failures?<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Will we stop trying?<\/li>\n<li>Will we blame others?<\/li>\n<li>Or will we learn from our mistakes?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Why not turn failures into opportunities?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Failures teach us what does not work. Each failure moves us one step closer to success. We may find that success when we:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Make small changes to what we did before<\/li>\n<li>Take a short break to rest our brains and bodies<\/li>\n<li>Ask other people to help us<\/li>\n<li>Spend our time on something different<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>If we learn, we have not failed.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Therefore, when we fall flat, let\u2019s get up and try again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cYou could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget about self-confidence; it\u2019s useless. Cultivate God-confidence\u201d (1 Corinthians 10:12 MSG).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Do you have an expression you want explained or a thought about this one? 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