Success and Failure

"Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts." - Winston Churchill

Success is an illusive thing.  You may struggle and sweat at a project, only to fail.  Character is marked by the courage to persevere in the face of ostensible failure. 

But what happens if you should succeed? Is victory assured forever? Is effort no longer needed? Can you now rest upon your laurels, secure in your triumph? No.  Now is the true test of your mettle - what you do with your success.  Do you go to the beach, or find the next boulder to push up the mountain? Either one -- success or failure -- is a lifelong endeavor, simply approached from different perspectives.

Consider, too, that if you surmount all your difficulties and succeed time and time again, you're not stretching enough!