Matthew Trovato, OSFS, oin Nothing Succeeding Like Failure

"A common motto heard in the business world says, 'Nothing fails like success.' In other words, once you peak, there is nowhere to go but down! When you finally reach the top, you are likely to stop doing those things that helped get you there. What I have learned recently is that, in the spiritual life, the opposite is true: 'Nothing succeeds like failure!' (Try pitching that as your company's motto at a board meeting…) It may not sound appealing at first, but when we look back we will almost certainly agree that our most transformative moments have occurred as a result of some failure."

In a recent commentary, Mr. Matthew Trovato, OSFS, reflected on how our failures can do us good by bringing us "closer to the knowledge of who we truly are and the humility needed to accept ourselves."

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