00:00the chibi news daily reflection hi my name is andy and i'm a vicar in the church of england
00:11i was once asked a disarming question andy do you feel free enough to fail
00:18there's a scene in the film chariots of fire in which harold abrahams has just lost to eric
00:24lidl in their first race and abrahams is pictured in the stands after the race with his girlfriend
00:30sybil having lost his desolate and he talks about giving up on running and sybil challenges him
00:38harold this is ridiculous you've just lost one race and abraham's replies i don't run to lose
00:47sybil counters well if you don't run you can't win when we step out try something
00:53new and risk there will be many occasions when things have started well but then we fail or
01:00events simply don't turn out as we anticipate and we're faced with a choice will we allow ourselves
01:07to become paralyzed and curl up or will we grow wisdom heal from the bruising and take action again
01:16churchill once said success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm
01:22that's not easy at times but failure need not be fatal the bible reminds us that god is the god of
01:31the second the third the 77th chance and we can trust him
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