Is failure the way to open up to a whole new experience of life? According to Psychology Today, this is exactly what failure can do for us. Failure allows us to be humble and this humbleness opens up our consciousness to include thoughts that challenge our beliefs about who we are. (perhaps I’m not going to play for the NBA). This shift causes us to realize how special and unique we truly are and puts our failure into a whole new light. We no longer see failure as a defining quality of who we are but rather allows one to experience a more meaningful life.