Failure and Success

"With every failure comes the opportunity for success."- Glenn Beck

I recently heard this quote and it struck me how true it is. I have to admit that I thought I would be in a completely different place in my life right now. I had everything planned out. I was supposed to have had a wonderfully marvelous student-teaching experience, substitute teach for the spring semester following graduation, and then land a great teaching job. In addition, I was supposed to be living on my own, driving a new vehicle, and just being an independent adult. In the mix was a great social life with lots and lots of dating, etc.
Nothing has turned out like I had planned. I am still living at home, driving a '91 Chevy truck, substitute teaching, and working on a better social life. And I have been angry and disappointed about this for a long time.
Recently though, I have taken my own advice and come to accept that LIFE ISN'T FAIR. Sometimes, no matter how good you are, or how many plans you make, things are going to suck. You just have to accept it and move on.
And that's what I am doing now. I'm taking what I perceive as failures and looking for positives. I'm making new plans and setting new goals. It's not easy. I have setbacks and dissapointments. But if I learned one thing through all this, its that there is a plan for me and when things don't turn out the way I thought they should have, then that plan wasn't the right one for me.