Respect your unique qualities and appreciate your differences. Remember to you hold your head high as you walk with dignity and grace. Change occurs slowly, so be kind to yourself as you work toward accomplishing your goals. Expect there to be painful disappointments and discouraging frustrations. They are part of the process of reaching for dreams.
Successful people know that failure is a teacher.
They make a friend of failure, and use their mistakes as sign posts for learning. Failure becomes an encouraging motivator, explaining the pitfalls and redirecting action toward success. They move into action, create opportunities by making phone calls, then follow-up on contacts. When they fall after taking the first step, they pick themselves up, give themselves a kiss and keep trying. We shared raising our small children as loving, yet divorced parents, and it was all working fine.