CAN FAILURE DEFINE YOU?

"Failure is another stepping stone to greatness" - Oprah Winfrey

As a kid, I had experienced running then being stumbled on something and getting hurt, but despite of that I chose to stand up as I was scared to get scolded. In life, we may get stumbled upon something and we may get hurt as failure is a painful part of life. It is an upset feeling wherein it's like slicing you slowly and deeply.

But despite of that we have to learn how to stand up and face those failures as we can use that as a stepping stone, as I stand up from being stumbled and learning how to take it slow. Life is not a race, we may get stumbled, we may fail in life but we have a choice to stand up and make that failure as a lesson for us to make it better. Success and failure should be in one word. Because you can't be successful without failing.

● What is failure?

Have you ever look up to some business man and amazed how successful their life are?

Have you ever look up to your over archiver classmate?

Or, Have you ever felt unfairness towards those other people's achievements that you also put effort on?

Failure can be define depending on our experiences whether it is related to school, family or competition. It can also depend on how we perceive it. Failure is being unable to meet expectations. Or some may say, the total opposite of success.

There are times in life when we make mistakes that cause us great damage. We may fail ourselves, our family, or the people surrounding us. It makes us feel very disappointed.

Being or being seen as perfect by other people is one of the factors that leads us to be scared of failure.

Failure can also be having the same dreams as others, and we may put in the same effort as them or even more effort, but in the end, they achieved those they worked hard on, but the ones we put blood, sweat, and tears into? We didn't even get to touch it with our hands. We may feel like fools or big failures because of how unfair it is.

Being unable to achieve the success we wanted can make us feel bitter in life. It can also make us feel like total failures.

● Failure is part of success

It has never meant that you are a complete failure if you fail at something or are unable to achive your set goals in life.

Making mistakes doesn't totally mean failure. Failure should not stop you from trying, as it is a lesson for you to do better. Failure may be an adjective, but it should not be used to describe you. Because failure is a teacher that shapes you and teaches you to do better, and failure is the true definition of trying. You may stumble upon something, but at least you're trying.

● True meaning of success

To be called successful, it doesn't always mean that you need to be wealthy, awardees, have a well-known profession, or even be well-known for something. Those are typical thoughts people have when they think of being successful. But, to be honest, success is just simple. The true meaning of success is being truly happy and content in life. Because are you even successful if you're wealthy and have a lot of cars? Yet, not even a single smile formed on your face. Success can also be as simple as achieving your goals each year. Success is being able to be happy for everything that you worked hard on. In short, success is being truly happy with life.

Failure should not be used to define who we are as people; instead, let's use failures to make our wrongs right. Let's us embrace our failures and use it as a stepping stone to success.