#5 What If......we weren't afraid to fail?

Yesterday I finished my 4th triathlon! It was a blast and my first Olympic style where the course is a bit longer and bit tougher (about a mile swim, 34 mile bike ride and 5 mile run). The bike portion was brutal, with tons of hills. I swam in high school and college and I did my first marathon this year. But I am NOT a biker, never have been. It is by far my weakest part of the race and happened to be the longest part of this race. I was a bit nervous about it, even found myself questioning why I was doing this. Then I remember a conversation I had with God about a year ago. I told Him I would try things that I have never tried before because I didn't want my life characterized by fear. I found myself not trying things because of the fear a failure. What if I couldn't finish, what if it was too hard, what if I embarrassed myself...what if? But instead I started to ask what if failure wasn't bad? What if falling forward was just as important as succeeding? What if I lived with an attitude that simply said, 'why not?!?' So many times we don't move forward because of the fear of failure. What are you afraid to try? What if this next season you risked and were willing to do something you have never done before regardless of the outcome simply because you weren't afraid of failure. What if....