Never let success get to your head; Never let failure get to your heart.
Going into freshman year of college, I was so excited for the new beginning of my life just waiting to happen. I remember preparing myself and being ready for all the amazing college memories I'd make. What I forgot to prepare myself for, was for the mistakes I'd make and the failures that would ultimately set me back mentally.
You see, there is this class you have to take. It's one of those general educational courses where every student must pass to graduate. It's called Public Speaking. And if you know me, public speaking is not my forte. I would happily write a 15 page paper if I didn't have to give a presentation in front of the class or give a speech.
Now, even though I passed the class in the end, there was one speech that will always haunt me. There were a total of 5 speeches to give that semester, and right in the middle of them was the impromptu speech.
The speech was to be 3 to 4 minutes long, prepared with only 2 minutes after given a piece of paper with a written quote. And of course, that sounds easy right? You're given a quote, then you just wing it, right? No. I got up there, red faced, sweating, shaking and about to legit pee myself. The speech was recorded to be about 23 seconds long after I read the quote aloud and then said "And I've got nothing to say about it" and sat back down.
Ironically, the quote I had was about failure. lol.
Everyone fails. And by everyone, I mean E V E R Y O N E. You're not alone, trust me. Failure is one of those things that are crucial to growth in life. It's the only true way to learn. We have to see failure as a good thing. To see it as an opportunity to get back up and do it again, only more wisely.
I've failed so many times I've lost count. I've embarrassed myself, and sometimes I wonder if I should really even try sometimes. But I've realized that I can't think like that. I've learned that sometimes you have to fall in order to know where you stand. Yeah, failure sucks, I know. But your failures don't define you. Take what you have done wrong, learn from it and then do it again.
