Celebrating Failure

     Everybody fails sometimes, and most people fail often. Failure is commonplace, no matter how much we try to avoid it. My biggest failure was probably when I was denied from the NHS my junior year. I had never even considered that I wouldn't be accepted, so when I was told I was shocked. I finally realized that I was not as great as I had thought. I was not good enough, or if I was, I had not shown it.
     It sounds so petty and basic, and it actually is, but it was an important moment for me. I learned that I needed to be better if I wanted to be as great as I'd hoped. I learned that life wasn't easy and I needed to put in work to get what I wanted.
     My biggest fear in life is probably failing. I sometimes choose not to even do something because I know I will probably fail. We know logically that we shouldn't let fear control us, but it is a fear for a reason. It is hard. When I fail, really badly, I often shut myself off from people except for those closest to me. I become sluggish, no matter how often I tell myself that I need to overcome. After a little bit of that, I finally take my own life and am reinvigorated by life. I am motivated to be better and prove to both myself and those around me that I am capable. Failure is hard, but it makes us stronger, if we let it.