I have successfully flown my stunt kite many times since that original post.  Anyway, this blog is about separating real failure from imagined failure, and that post was about a failure of inner peace, rather than kite flying.

People occasionally write to me and tell to cheer up, things aren’t so bad.  They are missing the point.  The American Failure is about self-knowledge, and about self-appreciation.  The only time we fail in a way that matters, is when we fail to acknowledge our inherent equality with others.

The true message of this blog is: abandon self-delusion.