Maria Gudelis

We all have the strength to get back up! – Maria Gudelis

One of the hardest things to accept in life is failure.

We’ve been ‘blueprinted’ since we were young, by our educational system, by society that ‘failing’ is bad. Think about it, look how children are graded in school – A is the winner, getting a C or lower, is a blow to your self-worth.

Lucky are those children surrounded by the rare mentors/influencers who can tell them that ‘It is OK to fail, the most important thing is to learn from it, and ‘get back up’.

Check out this amazing video below and one part of the script from Batman Returns that is so appropriate!

One of my favorite lines is from the movie, Batman Returns when Bruce Wayne’s father speaks to him when he was a little boy:

And you are afraid.

But not of me.

Tell us, Mr. Wayne…

…what do you fear?
[BATS SQUEAKING]
Bruce?
It’s okay. It’s okay.
You’ll be okay.

ALFRED: Will we be needing
an ambulance, Master Wayne?

THOMAS: No, I’ll set the bone
and take him for an x-ray later.

ALFRED:
Very good, sir.

- I’m very sorry, sir. I’ve told…
THOMAS: Don’t worry. It’s fine.

ALFRED: Took quite a fall,
didn’t we, Master Bruce?

THOMAS:
And why do we fall?

So we can learn to pick ourselves up.

Just a little fall.
It’s just a small fracture.

THOMAS:
The bats again?

You know why they attacked you,
don’t you?

- They were afraid of you.
- Afraid of me?

All creatures feel fear.

Even the scary ones?

Especially the scary ones.

I got something to show you.

- You think your mother will like them?
- Yeah.

- I think it’s time to get up.

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