Failure is a part of life, and sadly I feel kids are taught
that failure is not an option. In our there should be more of an emphases on
the importance of failure, and kids should feel that there is a safe place for
them to go to for support when they experience failure.
I think
people have a fear of failure because they are taught at a young age that
failure is bad, when in actuality it is something that will happen to all of
us. People, in my opinion, feel pressure by those around them, whether it be;
parents, teachers, friends, ect…, and because of that pressured to be perfect
all the time, which can cause stress and that can be harmful to their health. A
person can never experience growth if they haven’t tripped up along to getting
to where they are now. In the article, The
Fringe Benefits of Failures, JK Rowling talks about the idea of mastery and
how she would never be as successful as she is if she never had failed. She goes
on to say, “and so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt
my life”, basically there is nowhere to go but up when you’re at the bottom.
Failure
is not something that we should be trying to protect ourselves from, although
some believe we should, but instead embrace it. JK Rowling says, “I was set
free, because my greatest fear had been realized and I was still alive”; I think
it is important for every person to face the hardships that comes with failure
at least one to test your character. Again I’ll say that failure is a learning
experience, and if a person can find that even when they have nothing they can
survive, then they can easily make it by having everything. People need to lean
that everyone makes mistakes, that is what makes us human, but also evolve as
individuals.
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