Learning from mistakes and never giving up!

“If you want to shine like the sun first you must burn like the sun.”-APJ Abdul Kalam

“Failures are the stepping stones of success.” Success is not just all about winning, it’s about never giving up no matter what happens in life. It’s about-facing mistakes and failures boldly and moving ahead with determination. Life gives us many challenges and obstacles and we must be brave enough to face it. It’s okay to make mistakes and face failure. Nobody is born perfect. Everyone does make mistakes. We all make mistakes. We all fall at some point of time and we shall all face failures in life. But the important thing in life is to never stop trying. It’s not about how many mistakes we’ve made but about how many times we’ve stood courageously to correct them and learn from them and that defines us! Mistakes happen in life and if it wouldn’t have happened, we would never have had the chance to grow. Mistakes are our best teachers. We learn more from our failures than our successes. We must never give up because great things take time. We must not stop when dark times come. The more storms we face, the stronger we’ll grow. There is no failure except in longer trying. If we try and work hard not pausing due to failure, nothing is impossible because the word itself says I’m possible. We must believe in ourselves, have patience, and learn from our mistakes then and only then shall we be able to achieve success. We all have heard about APJ Abdul Kalam. From a small boy growing up in Rameswaram, to becoming the country’s eleventh President, APJ Abdul Kalam’s life has been a tale of extraordinary determination, courage, perseverance and the desire to excel. He faced many struggles in life but, he never gave up because of mistakes and failures. Today, his challenges and sacrifices made on the path to success of becoming a scientist have allowed his dream to come true. So, if we not lower ourselves to mistakes and face them by working hard every day, someday our hard work will surely pay off. I think we all would have also heard about the great scientist-Thomas Alva Edison. His success story is really inspiring and motivating. Edison, on his experiments to refine the light bulb, failed 1000(thousand) times and made countless mistakes. But his attitude towards failure was simply great. He confidently said, “I haven’t failed, I’ve just found 1000(thousand) ways that won’t work.” His hard work has now paid off and now, he’s one of the most famous and prolific inventors of all time. Winners never quit and quitters never win. We should never give up in life because of mistakes.

So, my dear friends, “Never give up and always keep learning.” It may take time to achieve success and we might face failures in the way and make mistakes but we must keep on moving forward. I would now like to conclude by saying, “Never give up no matter what happens, believe in yourself, learn from your mistakes and you can just do it.”

Thankyou.

- Karthika.G 9A