I hope I fail.

I bet you're quite concerned that I'm serious, but I assure you I am. As Woody Allen said, "If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative." I believe this quote to be true and that failure is part of the process of success. So, I really do hope I fail.

From that failure, however, I hope I learn. I hope to gain enough knowledge from my mistakes that I don't repeat them. I hope my failures motivate me to work harder and smarter. I hope my failures cause spontaneous adventures, new music finds and new books to read. I hope most of all, that my failures push me to be a better version of myself, and not because my current self isn't good enough, but because it's worth enough to try to improve.

Failure is a part of life. It's how we got lightbulbs, the worlds 'best cup of coffee' and anything worth marveling over. Some of the worlds best creators, innovators and world changers have all failed. J.K. Rowling, Bill Gates and Albert Einstein are just a few of the worlds greatest that were once considered nothing but a failure.

They kept trying though, and that's what matters. Those who use failure as a drive to do and be better are the ones who make their dreams into realities. They are those ones who actually change anything and who are able to accomplish enough to make an impact on the world. So, that's why I want to fail.

As a person who loves to create may that be in an article, a physical art piece, a song or some other media I'll probably fail more than others. In fact, in a greater scheme, I may already be considered a failure. I've never had an article go viral, a singing video get more than 200 likes or a piece of art hung in a gallery. But, none of those things discourage me or make my work less worthy.

I'm proud of what I create, and more importantly who I am and how I treat others. I don't think it's a failure that I've never 'made it big' or maybe ever will. Failure is only what we say it is. And my 'lack of success' only motivates me to make more and create better content.

Some may think I'm wasting my time. That my time spent creating could be better spent working a 'real' job. They think my career plans are absolutely insane. I don't care though. My only judge is God and he takes even my greatest failures and turns them into blessings, lessons and beautiful attempts at something much bigger than I.

He tells me to create. To love harder than most. To keep an open mind. To explore. To laugh. To cry. To chase after my sense of wonder. And, I will serve Him even if it may make me look like a 'failure' every once in awhile.

I hope I fail because I'd rather have thousands of failed attempts to inspire, invoke change and do better than to never try at all. As the wonderful J.K. Rowling said, "It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not lived at all — in which case, you fail by default."

So try something new. Try something bold, Fail, and fail and fail, but do not use failure or your lack of success as an excuse for why you can't try at all.