There's a vast difference between failing and failure. Now remember that failing does not automatically make you a failure but failing and refusing to rise again makes you a failure.
When I was in SHS I was always motivated by the words of my school father, the boys prefect at the time and he always said that Perseverance doesn't kill you but makes you stronger.
At first I thought it was a joke until I lost my first election on campus. There I realised I had to do something to redeem my stance.
I did my home work well and bounced back. My good friend out there, did you fail that job interview? Did you get an F in core maths or Int Sci? Did he/she say no to you? Did you lose the lottery? Did you lose your chance on going into the university because you were not pick by the university as a worthy material? Did you lose the contest? If your answer is yes, then what are you doing now. It saddens my heart to see a lot of people out there for the sake of the above reasons make their lives hell. And so what if you failed, and so what if you lost , and so what if you were not selected, and so what if you did not win, and so what if she said no.
You were born to be a great person. Take responsibility. Get up again and fight for what's yours. There are people out there who had Fs but are sitting the Nov Dec exam to prove Waec wrong, there are people out there who have not stop applying for jobs because they failed the first interview, there are people out there who still go to the lotto kiosk down the street to stake their numbers, there are people out there who are still applying for universities though they've been dropped severally, there are people who still take part in competitions after losing a thousand times. Why can't you do same ? Why can't you get out of that chair that's pulling you back , be on your feet, and go to battle for what's rightly yours. The moment you tell yourself I've had enough of it all is when you are qualified to be called a failure.
One reason I admire people who are repeated in class and they stay back in school to learn is that most of them become better than the others who met them in class. Not because they have an upper hand but because they're super motivated to learn.
There are people out there who have started Senior High school all over again to better their grades. So tell me what excuse do you have to stay back at home to lazy about because you failed the exam. What excuse do you have to stay back at home because you did not qualify. If you fail to make it through for the first time means that God is giving you the opportunity to go back home, do your homework well and try again. Remember that the road to success is not an easy one, you will come across several challenges and amongst them is failing. Do you know how many times, The late president Mills ran for elections but lost, did he stop there? No, he kept on trying until he finally won. Even the famous Micheal Jordan failed on several times and these are his own words As Jordan puts it, “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Is it just Micheal Jordan alone? let's hear what the inventor of the light bulb has to say When asked about the many thousands of failures he had when trying to create the light-bulb he famously said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” But there is even more to it than that. As a child he was thought to be dumb and told that he would never be a success by many of his teachers, because his mind would often wander in class.
You have every opportunity in this world to try a second time. Do not let you first misfortune hinder you from trying again because the moment you say I've had enough and I'll not try again, you are qualified to be called a failure but the moment you say I've had enough of loosing, I'm going to win, I'm a winner, I will win, infact I have won in advance, then put those words into action, do as required and trust me you will win. Your life will never be the same. Forget about the mockery, forget about the shame, forget about the insults and the laughter for those same people who do it , will one day fall at your feet for help. Mahatma Ghandi said " first they ignore you, then they laugh at you , then they fight you , then you win". Do not let them discourage you for you are a winner. Tell yourself now that I am a winner for I have won the battle already. It doesn't matter how many times you fall. What matters most is that you win and not how many times you fail.
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