Failure

I've always heard the saying "Failure are the pillars of success" and I thought it to be a very motivating saying at the time. But the part that they missed out, the part which is of greater significance that is kept under the raps is how you are going to feel after failure. No one really prepares you for that.


Well, let me tell you it not a very good feeling, the self doubt that follows after you have failed at something or another. That incessant voice in your head, perhaps the ugly side of you, that keeps on saying that you failed and that you are never going to be anything better than a failure. It's interesting how when you want yourself to be the strongest is often when you find yourself to be the weakest.


Yes, yes self doubt is a bitch and it very well does play its fair share of havoc. I, for one, am a victim of this "illness" and I find it hard sometimes to ignore that nagging voice in my head and the sense of feeling helpless. This is made fairly worse when you have worked hard to achieve something, and I mean staying up late and all that jazz, yet not get what you aimed.


But perhaps what we should all remember is that while you may fail you can always pick your self up. If you start a race, then make sure you finish it. You may not end up as the winner of the race but you sure as hell can end up being the runner up. Maybe it's not what you wanted but at least it is better to have taken part and won something that to have never tried at all.