November 9, 2021

Some real wisdom from director Kenneth Branagh, who burst on the scene at 28 years old with Henry V. He’s 60 now and has been to the school of hard knocks.

A New York Time’s reported asked, “Have you solved anything now?”

KB’s answer: “No. But I may have discovered, for me at least, there is nothing to solve. That Beckett phrase of fail, fail again, fail better is maybe one to bear in mind. But who pretends that life is one slowly ascending curve of human development? Most of the time you have to smash into something: death, the broken relationship, the horrible career moment. Then you think, Well, what matters to me? What do I enjoy? Or even just, I’m still here.”

The psalmist says, “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” (Psalm 73:26)

Failure is to be welcomed!

“We thank you, Lord, for those disappointments and failures that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on You alone. Amen.” (BCP p. 836)