FAILURE

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There is a saying which goes like "try and try till you succeed". Well, at first, like many of you I kept thinking to myself that this is impossible. How can someone keep trying if they are failing at something? But then life hit me with rocks and all sorts of stones. In the end, to survive, the only option I was left with was to never give up, to keep trying. There was no way I was going to lose. I faced troubles, there were times when I thought I'm standing at the dead end, but I held onto my courage a little longer every time.

Failure is a part of life and it is not going away. Believe it or not, it is failure that will make you strong and prepare you for all sorts of challenges life throws at you. Just because you have failed in the past does not mean you are doomed to be a failure. When you keep trying, I promise you, one day you will succeed, you will get what you have been working so hard for.

Failure is inevitable. It depends on you, how you make the best out of it. I was never into writing, believe me, it was the last thing I wanted to do. I used to run away from written assignments and tests. I found it boring. But a few years back, I was going through the worst time in my life. I kept failing at everything I tried to do. I had almost given up on myself. I used to think that this is my life now and I have to live with it or might as well die. Suddenly, one day I woke up in the middle of the night and I told myself that this is it. I cannot end my life like this. I cannot let anyone or anything else control my life. I have to take charge. So, I took a diary and a pen and let all my emotions out on that piece of paper. Since that day, writing is the only thing that has helped me grow. It makes me feel free. It helps me breathe. It gave me the power and control I had been longing for. I write, I write every day to fight my anxiety. Even though it has been almost five years that I have been dealing with anxiety, but I still keep writing. I have failed so many times, I thought to myself that this won't work but there is one thing I did not do. I did not accept defeat.

You are allowed to fail. But you are not allowed to accept defeat. Don't let your failure define you. Write your own story. I talk from experience, when you put your head into something, you will eventually get it. Your failures should not stop you from getting what you want. Every time you fail, make sure you get up stronger. Take some time to recharge but don't sit back and do nothing. In this struggle, there will be days when you will feel it's over for you, but it never is. The sun shines every morning, irrespective of how dark the night was. You are the sun in your life. Don't let the darkness eat you up.

"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly"

- John F Kennedy