The Benefits of Failure

The Benefits of Failure

Failure is a human process. The process teaches us to be human beings who can accept the reality that happens in our lives, because life does not always go according to what we want. Failure is often considered a scary and sad thing. However, failure also benefit us in many ways, such as become stronger, know our weaknesses, find true friends, and appreciate our success.

First, failure does make you fall, but it doesn't make you weak. You have to get up and go back to the ladder of success. If you give up and choose to stop, you will not go anywhere; stay below, exactly where you fell. When you rise, you slowly repair the failure holes and thicken your defenses not to fall into the same hole. You will be more careful when acting and making decisions. You know, in the future, there will still be a lot of potholes, but there is no need to be afraid to face that. From your previous mistakes, you have learned how to avoid failure.

Second, you are not used to locking the door of the house when exiting. One day, your house is robbed because it's not locked properly. Missing valuables makes you hurt and blame yourself because you neglected to lock the door of your house. However, from this negligence you learn and know where your weaknesses are. You will be more careful in looking after your belongings. A hole that can make you fail, you fix it and make it a step to enter the next ladder

Third, All this time you feel you have many friends. But when you are at the bottom of your life, everything feels different. People who have always considered you friends when you are happy are not present when you are grieving. Only a few survive, while the rest are lost. The people who managed to survive when you grieve are your true friends. Those who help you to get up need to be maintained. Don't let them go, because you can't replace the real thing.

Last but not least, satisfaction and pride after successfully passing various obstacles and failures during the struggle. This long journey makes you realize that success and dreams are not always decorated with rainbows. There is rain and lightning ready to block, but that doesn't make you give up. You continue to climb the ladder of success from the bottom until finally you get to the top. All the bitterness of failure no longer feels replaced by the sweetness of success.

In conclusion, failure not only gives sadness and despair, but also many benefits that we get, such as getting real friends, knowing our weaknesses, being stronger, and appreciating success. Failure is evidence of negligence in us. But it doesn't make you worse. Take advantage of the space of failure to improve yourself and make your footing rise again.

Writer : Devi Faizatun