Disappointment

       There you are sitting, kicking yourself for not making it or for making the wrong decision. The utter feeling of disappointment  that floods over your soul for working so hard and not making it. You would think that there couldn't be a more worse feeling? WRONG! As you sit there and beat yourself up, you look at the loved one across you with that sad look on their face. You know that you have disappointed them too. If you were to ask me, that is the worst feeling in the world. The feeling that you have not only let yourself down, but someone else as well.
     When disappointment comes, hope dies within us. We feel even worse when there is a person who is shaking their head disappointed by the failures in our life. We assume that it is the end of the world and nothing good is going to sprout from this state that we are in . We have all been there - whether it is failing a test, choosing a dead beat career, or making a dumb choice - we feel like we are at a dead end. We have no where to go and life is officially over. Guess what?? If you are reading this right now that means you are still alive. We are only at a dead end when we are DEAD!! Yeah, so you have disappointed yourself and others along the way, but you are still  breathing. Breathing is a good thing. It means that there are new doors and opportunities out there for you. People may think otherwise, but I say that life is too short to care about what every person think of you.  Life is too short to think about all the people you have disappointed. Someone is always going to be disappointed no matter what you do. You can't live a life where you try to please everyone and be miserable. You may be stuck but you are definitely not at a dead end. As long as you are alive there is always a way to be better and do better. The feeling of disappointment is an emotion - an emotion that does not have to be permanent. So today, lift your chin up, stop beating  yourself up, learn from your mistakes, and kick BUTT in life because time is too precious to let it pass it by.