God’s Word encourages us to focus on positive things rather than on what might have been or what we should have done. It says: “Whatever things are true, whatever things are of serious concern, whatever things are righteous, whatever things are chaste, whatever things are lovable, whatever things are well spoken of, whatever virtue there is and whatever praiseworthy thing there is, continue considering these things.”—Philippians 4:8.

Many of us tend to exaggerate the negative when we experience disappointment. For example, our efforts in raising a child, qualifying for a job, or preaching the good news in a foreign field may not produce the desired result. We might think, ‘I am a failure.’ Yet, just as the disappointing start of the human race did not prove God a failure, we are not failures simply because our efforts disappoint us at first.—Deuteronomy 32:4, 5.

It is easy for us to react with bitter resentment when people disappoint us. Jehovah does not act in that way. King David was a disappointment when he committed adultery and then had the woman’s husband killed. Yet, Jehovah saw the sincerity of David’s repentance and continued using David as his servant. Similarly, faithful King Jehoshaphat erred when he formed an alliance with God’s enemies. Jehovah’s prophet said: “For this there is indignation against you from the person of Jehovah. Nevertheless, there are good things that have been found with you.” (2 Chronicles 19:2, 3) Jehovah recognized that one mistake did not make Jehoshaphat a traitor. In the same way, we can avoid losing friends if we do not overreact when they err. Friends who disappoint us may still have fine qualities.—Colossians 3:13

Disappointments can be viewed as necessary experience along the way to ultimate success. We may be disappointed with ourselves when we commit a sin. Yet, we can recover if we take proper and purposeful action and move forward. When King David was painfully disappointed with himself, he wrote: “My bones wore out through my groaning all day long. . . . My sin I finally confessed to you [Jehovah] . . . , and you yourself pardoned the error of my sins.” (Psalm 32:3-5) If we realize that we have not done what God expects of us, we should ask for God’s forgiveness and change our ways and be determined to follow God’s counsel more closely in the future.—1 John 2:1, 2.

We can confidently look forward to the fulfillment of God’s promise made through the prophet Isaiah: “Here I am creating new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be called to mind, neither will they come up into the heart.” (Isaiah 65:17) What a marvelous prospect it is that the time is coming when all memories of disappointments will be a thing of the past!

(THE WATCHTOWER magazine MARCH 1, 2008)

Answered by nychelpAge : 29 1 month ago Edit Delete

Answered by nychelp 1 month ago

Well, first of all you need to realize that sitting around crying all the time doesn't help make anything better. The more you weigh yourself down and dwell on the negative aspects of your life, the worse it becomes. You need to learn to be more positive, even when it seems impossible. Think of ways that you can give yourself a sense of fulfillment, whether by personal means or doing things for society. The only way to fix your problems is to face them and conquer them. "Its not falling down that makes you a failure, its staying down." It sounds cliche, but its true.

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Answered by undefineable90 1 month ago

None of your mistakes or failures are forever. Use them as tools to empower and strengthen yourself. In life we never really learn from our successes, we learn from our failures. Some of the richest and most successful people in the world had to fall many times before being able to get up. You will fall, but you will also rise better than you were before, because you chose not to let anything or anyone stop you. You are a diamond in rough, a precious pearl, and a child of God. Read Maya Angelous's poem "I Rise", and you will understand that no matter what you go thru in life, you will rise.

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