Failure = Success

Defining failure is exactly the same as defining success. Failure is a personal struggle. A rebellion inside you against all that is against your character and the very grain of your existence. It speaks the truth when you can not or do not have the courage to speak it yourself. It is asking for attention, re-evaluation, deliberation of your thoughts and actions. It is telling you, without mincing words, that you are acting in ways that are unnatural to your being and detrimental to your personal growth. It is sometimes the only way you will listen to the voice inside of you that somehow already knows what you really want. And once you do, you already have it in you to act on it. When you act on what you really want - not what well-wishers, advisors or loved ones want - but what you really want, you succeed. The definition of success is what you've gained from failure. There is no other way to view it.