During the question and answering section, so many questions was raised, each question that comes are expected to be answered and be treated thereafter, when the first question was raised, an answer came quickly in my mind but I was afraid that if I answer it I may be wrong and I couldn't stand the shame of failing it so I kept quit and another person answered it and surprisingly he said the exact thing I wanted to answer and he got it wrong and I said in my mind that that's what should have happened to me but the thing was that nobody said a word or booed him and I said to somebody next to me ' That's what I wanted to say'. Continue Reading...
Second question was raised, I wanted to answer it but I was afraid that I might as well fail it so I remained silent and another participant answered it and got it correct and I said to the person close to me again ' I wanted to answer that', now another question was asked, I also have an idea but same thing I was afraid and somebody else got it it exactly as I wanted to answer it and I said to the person next to me again 'I also wanted to say it this way ' but this time the person is fade up with my sayings that he stood up and scream 'but you never say it' and this time the whole participants turned to my direction, staring at me as she explains what have been going on.
The things was that I know the answers, I have an idea of what to say but all these while I was afraid of failure and finally it brought the real shame on me when the whole participants are looking in my direction, now, the first person that answered and failed was applauded for trying, he was set straight, he was corrected instantly and he learned his lessons and went home happy to know that the class recognised him the moment he stood up to try but I never tried cos I was afraid of failure which finally is the main thing that happened to me.
Failure is not when you try and fail, is not when you do it wrong, failure is when you refuse to try because you are afraid to fail, it starts the time you are thinking that you will fail, yes, the great men we see today in the societies didn't make it because they did not fail, they made it because they failed, stood and tried again and they refused to be quit and they have the courage to fail knowing that its a path that they will never forget because they will learn a great lesson any time they fail.
There is more shame and failure when you refuse to try, when you refuse to follow your heart, it may seem wrong but as they do say, 'there is no harm in trying, so, follow your heart, follow your heart, go for what you want and give it a try, even when you fail, don't be quit or discouraged because even our notable inventors failed several times but they stood and tried again until they make it, so let that be your focus, try, if you fail, learn your lessons and try again and again until you make it and you will feel the joy of success.
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