“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall”
Truth is, no one is immune to fall or failure. And being stable and balanced “all” the time is just a myth. No successful person has gone through life without failure. We consider falls as mistakes and failures. This attitude towards falls of life brings pain and sorrow to us. We always chase perfection knowing that nothing is really perfect in this world. Life has ups and downs. Life is an adventure. Life will be boring if it gets smooth.
The fulfillment comes from within. More self-confidence, self-esteem, self-love you have, more you feel fulfilled. Your family, friends and relations are the base of fulfilment. And success is the result of the fulfilment.
There is nothing to fear about failures. If you really want to fear that, fear mediocrity, fear average life, fear the limitation you put on yourself because you are afraid of failures. That’s what your true fear should be about. We should not fear failure and not put yourself on the back seat because of that, instead we should learn from our failures. Everything has some positives and negatives. We should take forward the positives we learned from your failures and learn from our negatives to not repeat them and in future how will we cope if we come Infront of these situations again.
I, too like everyone else, have fallen so many times in my life. The phase where I can see nothing Infront of me. The time where I thought I’ll never have my courage back. The time when I thought I’ll never be happy in my life again. Talking of the time, I still get goosebumps and I don’t want to face that again. That time was the hardest to get out off. You need some special courage to get out of that. The time when I couldn’t make it to my dream college. Came the time when I muster the courage to try again. I failed again. I let my life to just go with the flow at that time There was no spark or any aim of my life. Next year, I appeared again and I had faith in me that this time, I’ll make it. But, again falls short of the merit. I, at that time, wanted to quit my studies. I cried, cried and cried.
I thought that this is the end of all my dreams. But I stand again and I think of making my life better with whatever I have. Everything was going with the plan for 3 months. Until when my younger sister got diagnosed with cancer. Those 5 months of her battling with cancer was the hardest. All I want was to see her healthy again. But she lost her battle with cancer. Post her demise, the phase of shock and grief, was hard to live with. I stand again with all my powers and believes and start living again. Then came, post-graduation depression, just a month ago.
The day, I gave my last viva. I was clueless. You guys, post-graduation depression is REAL. Of course, not having the degree of my choice and then the degree I’ve, I know nothing about its future. I can see my dark future ahead. I always wanted to have something on my own. But what I can only see is my dreams and courage shattering again. Again, stood up against all the odds. And I promised myself to have faith in myself. I found that flame in myself that burns inside me to show me the light to the right path.
What I have learned in all the times was to acknowledge what we have right now. To live in the moment is most important. Have a purpose of your life. Live the life of your dreams. Having the courage to go after the dream is the most important thing. Falling and failing is not the end of the world. If you have failed, you must look up to other options. Make yourself comprehend giving up is never going to be an option. Make yourself happy and appreciate time. Prove to yourself that you are capable of doing anything you want and demonstrate with your actions that the nay-sayers are wrong. Most importantly, success comes to individuals who keep trying and don’t give up.
Your environment can make a huge difference in how you confront and cope the failures. Surround yourself with people who motivate you continuously. Your mind is dealing with stress and anxiety, so the best way to not have another burden is to be accompanied by positive people.
Ask yourself. Why do we fall?
We fall so we can rise gain. We can rise above our fears and our standard. And most importantly, we fall so we rise to reach the greatness within us.
To your rise.
