Whenever a very high achieving, high aiming person encounters a “Failure”, their whole world feels like it is crashing down on them. This sometimes results in the person losing faith in themselves and they will start going down, in the roller coaster called Life.
The catch here is, as a human being we have to pick ourselves up from these failures and instead, take them as a way of life telling us to improve ourselves. Sometimes it’s not just an examination failure or a competition failure, sometimes a thing called “Nepotism” is also a major trigger for Failure. In some companies , children or close relatives of the family will get major priority rather than giving other employees a chance to flourish or learn more in that particular field of expertise. This most commonly occurs in businesses and also in the Entertainment Industry. In my opinion, due to this a very young and talented actor who had the potential for greatness, lost his life at a very young age.
Sometimes Suicide is considered “Cowardly” as it is rendered a permanent solution for a temporary problem. The reason why these Suicides occur is that there many people who have never faced failure and are henceforth unable to face it head on. Their then clouded minds causes them to make really poor decisions. There is a quote which says that “Failures are the Stepping Stones for Success” it is true, nothing will come to you handed on a platter of roses, you have to struggle for it. You will face failures through the entirety of this roller-coaster. Some parts will be fun and there will be a few parts where you have to grit your teeth and push through no matter whatever those Failures will do to you. They are designed to break you and make you lose yourself and your strength.
Our inner strength should never be broken by these failures, we can try again that’s the disadvantage that failures have against them. It’s never a one-time thing, we will fail even a hundred times. We have to get up and fight to win. Success is something we fight for and earn. It is considered the fruit of our Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Everything depends on a little bit of perspective. Instead of always viewing a failure as a horrible thing, try to take it in a positive way.Take it as a challenge to improve yourself. At some point of time in life everyone will face failure, the only difference in this instance is whether you choose to get back up or not. We all have to make sure that these failures never succeed in breaking us. We have to keep fighting and Never Give Up. Until next time……..
Hi Mahima,
So...,well written. Failure is something most people will continue to encounter in their lives ,no matter how great they are. You have rightly said how we face it what matters.
A really good write-up mahims. You have laid out and established a lot of important things in such a beautiful and relatable manner!
Compliments on yet another beautiful roller coaster lesson Mahima! You said it right, a well deserved success is reaped only after sweat pain and tears.
Hi Mahima,
Excellent thought ,well laid out - also short and crisp. Takes me back to my school days when we learnt about Robert Bruce and the spider. Yes failure is the stepping stone to success
Thank you kees athai for the lovely feedback ✌