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FAILURE I S N OT

P ERMANENT

W hole ne ss a nd the

Ar t of the Co meback

feel strongly about the importance of wholeness. It’s a combi-
Ination of all the components of life that make us healthy,
happy, and productive. To my mind, the opposite of wholeness is
failure. If it happens, and sometimes it does, the best remedy is
to move forward, to realize that failure is not permanent, and to
immediately focus in the right direction. Ultimately, a solution
will show up.
I don’t mean to sound like a faith healer, but there is some-
thing profound and yet simple about viewing failure as a lack of
wholeness. I will also add, it’s effective. Believing that a negative
situation is temporary and wrong will give you the impetus to

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