I Feel Like A Failure!

Today, I found out the results of my second semester’s GPA and grades, which I’d say, crushed me. I would have never imagined receiving such horrible results. I mean, it was one horrible grade, but that one horrible grade made everything horrible. I did not achieve one of my personal goals which was to do better than I did the former semester.

After all those assignments, late nights and studying, this is what I came out with. I definitely feel like a failure. People have very high expectations of me and I feel like I let them down big time. It is the worst feeling ever! Not that I live for people in that way, but it is always a good feeling to see how proud you make those who are rooting for you. And with this result, not sure if they would be so proud, I know I wouldn’t.

However, despite my fall, I realized that one day, I would be able to encourage a student going through what I went through today. Who would one day come into the shoes I was in. Because no matter what we face in life, it’s never in vain. We can always find purpose behind our failures and falls. We may not jump over every hurdle this life brings, we may fall, but the good thing is, we still have a chance to get back up again and finish the race.

I must add that if the people around us, would rather laugh at our falls and failures, than help us back up, they don’t deserve to be around us. We need people who know how cheer us on, even when we aren’t really doing well. We need people around us who would encourage and uplift us at our lowest, not bring us down more.

Remember, it doesn’t matter where we place in the race. What matters is that we finish the race. We may have to run with some scratches and bruises, but we must finish the race.