Failing is Learning, and Learning is GREAT

My 9 year old daughter came and sat next to me on the couch last night. She said "do you want to hear the mantra I have been telling myself this month?" I of course said "yes" and she then said "Failing is learning, and learning is GREAT!" When she told me this, I felt like the grinch.. because my heart grew 3 sizes. I also thought...

1. I am so proud of her. How incredible that she is creating her own mantras to tell herself each month - positive mantras are one of my favorite tools so hearing her use them on her own, was amazing.
2. I love when my kid's light SHINES! I love when they inspire me to be a better human!
3. I said it before, I will say it again, I will keep saying it a lot... when I learn new life lessons, they are almost always applicable to diabetes. Yes... failing is learning, and learning is great. There is no such thing as perfection with life - or with diabetes - and anyone with diabetes will tell you that. So let's maybe take a pause and focus on the journey, on the growth, on the progress -and not the failure - because as my daughter said, Failing is Learning, and Learning is Great.