I believe that there is no such thing as failure, but rather experiences that allow me to learn from them in order to improve and move forward in life. Some may even be signposts.
When I was much younger I was very afraid that this or that thing would go wrong, I even prevented myself from moving forward because of that fear of failure, not knowing that it is part of life and that failure is actually not trying to do things, trying to do new things and taking risks, that is failure. But fear paralysed me.
Of course the so-called failures came just the same, they are almost unavoidable, small or big, they are part of the passage through this life, because we come to learn to be better and many times we learn more from failures than from anything else.
I think my biggest failure has also been my biggest success, because from the biggest failure come great things. I can see it as a failure that I didn't finish my law degree, I can see it as the most terrible failure, because I had put a lot of time into it, but I didn't see the signs of life, nor did I follow my heart.
I thought it was what I liked, that it was for me, because I love justice, but there were signs that I didn't listen to and I suffered too much, I cried too much. Over time I learned that if something is very good for you it should not make you suffer, and in that area, being inside the race, I saw all the injustices together and I couldn't believe it. It went against the way I am.
A relative one day said to me: You are too good to be a lawyer... and I said to myself... what is he saying to me?
Yes, I considered it my biggest failure for a long time, because I felt I had failed, when in fact I had grown up and made a hard resolution, to leave all that and build a better future, one at least that I loved.
So my biggest failure was my biggest success, to change my mentality, my life, to leave things behind, to detach and build again. I started with computer courses, to study design and to go back to painting. And I was happy. I remember this with a lot of nostalgia.
And today I look back and I know that that hard decision I made to say I'm not going to do this anymore, I don't insist anymore, determined my life today. I wouldn't have been a computer teacher, I wouldn't have done the papers to obtain Spanish nationality, I wouldn't have moved to another country.
One decision can change your life and that supposed failure was the greatest success. You don't know how the road goes until you have walked it. If you let your heart guide you, things are easier, I assure you.
That is why failures are opportunities to improve, to learn, the word is misused, it should not exist, they are not failures, they are experiences and like all experiences they serve to help us grow and improve.
Of course there have been other ‘failures’ in my life, on a personal, sentimental, family level, of all kinds, and I learned something from all of them. But I learned that with time. It should be taught from childhood, but that's life. So if you don't know why or for what reason a failure happens to you, don't worry, time will tell you, without a doubt. It will help you to be stronger and move further.
Thank you always @galenkp always for these weekend topics, that invite us to reflect, many times even writing we discover things.
Thank you all for reading this far, and remember there is no such thing as failure, there is such a thing as learning. I wish you a very good weekend. See you soon.
Amonet.
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