Seasoned with Failure
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
–Truman Capote
Is it coincidence that spice is also known as “seasoning?”
The explanation for this fact (according to my reasoning)
is because we need a bit of this, a bit of that
lest our cuisine and also our lives become too flat.
Summer, winter, spring and fall—
no season dominates us all.
And this is why, then, in my view,
a pinch of failure in the brew
sprinkled on at fate’s behest
is what gives success its zest.
If you wish to triumph in the end,
accept some failure in the blend.
The prompt today was triumph. This poem is a rewrite of a poem written 3 years ago.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I just loved this poem. 🙂
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Thanks, Dimple!
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You’re welcome. 🙂
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Love the poem, and I’m ready to dig in to that chicken!
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I loved this I hadn’t heard it before but just wrote it down to use it! Thanks for sharing. ❤
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Capote was my favorite when I was in college. I read everything he’d ever written.
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Good call!
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A taste of failure makes success even more savory. Love your verse.
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Thanks, Dorann.
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I think you make a good point, though I honestly can’t imagine eating anything without spices and herbs 🙂 I can live with personal failure, but I need the food to be really GOOD 🙂
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Me, too. Plain food is too too boring. I eat for the sauces and flavorings.
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So true! We all need different seasoning to discover our passions and to learn
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