Failure

Failure. I've heard many people speak of it, as if it's a plague threatening all our happiness and making our lives a living hell. Few people told me that failure can be in terms of family, friends, work, studies and even as a community. I don't know much about them but I do know what it's like, being a failure in terms of family and friends and of course studies. It's not like I have never in my life failed a test and felt so down and depressed. But come to think of it, because of such a failure, I have always ended up doing much much much better for my next tests. Why? Because when I failed I felt I let myself down. Yeah sure my parents were disappointed and they told me to pick up from where I left off. But it wasn't so easy for me. I felt humiliated and shattered and that's what motivated me to work so hard, that I aced the next test.

It's always like that. I think I can safely say that failure makes us truly appreaciate the true feeling of success. I know it's such a cliched thing to say but I don't think anyone of us would actually know what a good feeling it is to suceed in something if we didn't experience the heartbreak of a failure. I have always been afraid to fail in every aspect of my life. I'm a perfectionist by nature and am very reserved about who I open up to and stuff. I'm quite the introvert so you can imagine why it's so important for me to be perfect. Let me put this in a nutshell: Failure is not an option for me.

I've been listening to the song Move Along by The All American Rejects and a few words from the lyrics struck me.

"When all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
Move along
Move along"

These words are so true. We got to always move along. We can't just sit still and remenisce the past. Like they say, "NO Point Crying Over Spilt Milk."

I don't know what else to say. This is all I can say for now.