Fail? It Doesn't Matter!

The girl cried and said to her mother: "... My performance only got a D+! I failed so much! I have no acting talent, I should give up now!" Mom: "Baby, you know that I will always support you. I can feel that you are very sad right now, and I promise you that we will drop out of the acting academy and find an ordinary middle school. There is just one condition, that is not today, and not now." "When is that?" The girl on the other end of the phone asked. "Maybe tomorrow, maybe later, when you calm down," Mom said. "Why didn't you stop me?" The girl sounded very confused. "Don't you think my decision was willful, or you were disappointed with my 'failure' in my studies?" "We have slightly different opinions," said Helena (mother). "In my opinion, you are 'inadequate', but not a failure." Purpose: Treat failure correctly