Do you remember when was the first time you failed at anything in your life? For some of us, failing has become part and parcel of our lives. To some others whose lives have been smooth sailing as a calm sea, without even the slightest sign of wind, their first time not able to succeed may hit them hard.
I had an interesting conversation with GJ today. Frankly speaking, I have not talked to him much despite him being another fellow Malaysian and has been here for more than a month. Bad bad example as a senior, tsk tsk. Never mind me. Apparently GJ failed his econs test, his FIRST econs test, his FIRST failed test. Upon receiving such disappointed news, he was so discouraged. Of course being an optimistic me (please, I truly AM optimistic ok) I said alot of encouraging words to him.
But then as I spoke, I begin to ponder. What will actually become of me if I had never failed in my entire life? I would never have gone through series of emotional roller-coasters, certain worries and near-depression moments, and even desperation, where circumstances drive me into producing expected results in an impossible time frame. Still, if I had never a chance to fail in my life, I would never know how true friends are the only constant in trying times, never to experience the heartfelt joy when we finally succeed in something we used to fail in, and also never to have the motivation to move on.
Without failures, one cannot grow up mentally and spiritually.
Without failures, we simply stay as kiddos who are worry-free and are thus unable to handle great pressures in future.
Without failures, we won't know how painful it is to trip and fall, and to learn from it.
We grow up through experience, and experiencing failures is what kept me going.
Till now, till forever.
