“One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching
forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the
upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
(Philippians 3:13b-14 NASB)
Why do failures linger? Failures take on a life of their
own because the brain remembers incomplete tasks or failures longer than any
success or completed activity. It's technically referred to as the
"Zeigarnik effect." When a project or a thought is completed, the
brain places it in a special memory. The brain no longer gives the project
priority or active working status, and bits and pieces of the achieved
situation begin to decay. But failures have no closure. The brain continues to
spin the memory, trying to come up with ways to fix the mess and move it from
active to inactive status.
-- Perry Buffington
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