The fear of failure is what ruined some destinies and destroyed the journeys of those who would have been great leaders. Possibility is underrated, and belief is far from such individuals, and that's why they couldn't manifest their skills and talents. I remembered the kind of upbringing my parents gave me while growing up, my father would never take a no for an answer. Right from childhood, I was taught that success is the ultimate goal, while failure is a sign of weakness and inadequacy. But on the contrary, failure is a powerful teacher, and what holds people back is not failure but the fear of it and the stigma afterward.
The fear of failure kept people from going out of their comfort zones to take risks and pursue their dreams. This fear arises from the desire to be accepted; some care so much about what others would say that they forget they have to love themselves first. For these reasons, many settle for less not because they lack talents but because they are afraid to fail. Naturally, failure is part of life and growth. Every successful individual in the world today has one or two stories to tell about failure because every one of them has failed at some point in their lives; what distinguished them was the ability to move on, forget the past, and rewrite the story. Failure is part of the journey to success.
Failure teaches patience and humility; when we fail, we are given a second chance to reflect, correct the mistakes made, and try again with more wisdom and determination. Those we fail come back stronger and more courageous. If failure never existed, I would have loved to become a neurosurgeon. Right from childhood, I've loved and wished to be in the medical profession. It has always been my dream, but then, at some point in life, fear set in, and it disorganized the plans that I had due to some other accompanying circumstances; I couldn't bring that dream to actualization.
Then, I do wonder why the brain is the powerhouse of the human body system. What interests me most about being a neurosurgeon is the brain; I wanted to conduct research on how the brain is interconnected to every part of our body and how pain, emotion, and whatever feelings are being processed in the brain. Studying the brain isn't a simple task. Doctor Ben Carson was my role model then and still is. I read his autobiography, and I saw what failure would have done to him if he had given up. His operation of separating craniopagus twins gave him a world recognition that changed his story and now he is not only successful in medicine, he is a source of inspiration to many.
Thanks for this prompt; it opened my world of imagination; even though it's not in reality, I was able to picture myself as one of the renowned neurosurgeons and a successful one at that. If fear wasn't part of life, I would have been a successful neurosurgeon today and it would have been a dream come true.
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