This I believe
I believe
that nothing is ever a failure, but always a lesson. You learn from the
mistakes you make and grow stronger with each one you endure. When I was
younger I was always taught by my mom to do things right and the best I can no
matter what but the most important one was that I could never fail just learn a
lesson from what I experienced. In my opinion I think sometimes we’re afraid to
try things that make us uncomfortable in fear of failing. If everyone had a
different perspective that failing is a lesson learned I think they would
better themselves and think more highly of themselves too. It’s important to
enjoy the simple things but understand that there’s more to learn when certain
situations happen to you.
To start off, over the years I have continued
to use those wise words from my mom in my everyday life sometimes not
appreciating it enough of what she taught me and the person I have become
because of it . I have had plenty of struggles and things pushing me down but
at the end of the day I always know that everything happening to me and the
situations and problems I am having are lessons I should be sure to remember
for the future. For example, I remember right out of high school which was
almost 2 years ago now, I was young, very immature living on my own not really
thinking about my future as much as I should have and doing the very minimum
for myself. I didn't put effort into my school and didn't bother showing up
half of the time. I didn’t want to that quitting was the right choice because of
how everyone always perceives it and looks down on you but I started to
consider that it didn’t matter as long I knew I could be successful whichever
way it’s going to go.
My mom always told me if I didn't like hair
school, because I think she was starting to tell, that I wasn't going to be a
bad person if I decided to switch schools and I would learn and benefit from
the consequences that happen with the choice I make. It meant a lot coming from
her but knowing everything she had taught me my whole life I knew something was
going to have to change. Not long after
that I knew evidently that I had to quit. The feeling was bittersweet I felt
sick to my stomach almost but also relieved like a huge weight had been lifted
off my shoulders. I definitely learned that yeah the idea of it was amazing and
exciting and something I would love doing but sometimes things don’t turn out
the way you expect and aren’t what there cracked up to be.
At first sure, yeah it killed me knowing that
I "failed" at the one thing because it was such a huge deal at the
time for me. It was something I thought I always wanted which was to be working
along the side of my grandma someday being a hairdresser. But when I really thought about it I realized there's not much you can do besides
what you are passionate for and I knew that just wasn't it for me and I
couldn’t force myself to try and do something even if it took me awhile to
realize that’s what I had been doing. With my failure being turned into a
lesson learned I thought a lot about my career and future and where I see
myself to be in ten years and I knew I still wanted to be able to help and care
for others in some way. I became more and more interested in the dental
industry. I was fascinated by it and knew that it was something I would wake up
every day not dreading. The thought of helping someone just would make me feel
accomplished with my career and choices that I make. I used to wake up every
day thinking that I had failed sometimes and feeling completely terrible when I
thought of my parents and the kind of person they raised me to be. But I never
forgot those words my mom told me.
To conclude,
I realize now from actually experiencing it that the saying you're lessons in
life are disguised by the mistakes you make and sometimes you have no idea
until you take a step back and look at where you've come to is very true in my
opinion and personal experience. When you accept your failure it becomes a
lesson and with that you can move on otherwise it will just keep happening over
and over until you do. I don't regret anything or consider myself a
"failure" I know that I made the right choices for me and I hope
someday if need be I can help someone else see that for themselves too. Every
situation you have good or bad is always a lesson sometimes you just don’t
consider the bad ones to be lessons because you’re too worried in the word
“fail” and blindsided to see that it
means nothing but a lesson you have learned for the next time. Never a failure,
always a lesson is a statement very important in my life I would definitely
consider it to be truly what "I believe."
