Blog 7

(In the style of Beth Kissileff, blogger for NY times and writer of "Rejection Is a Process". She taught at Carleton, Smith and Mount Holyoke Colleges. Kissileff is also the editor of "Reading Genesis")

Success Doesn't Always Come Easy

Life would be so much easier if we were all guaranteed success the first time we tried. Getting up from bed every morning would be more encouraging, because of that assurance that the day will be a happy, successful, and promising one. As well as the morning after that.

But of course life doesn't work that way and as humans, it is inevitable that we will all make mistakes. Mistakes which allow us to grow for the better, and become better people in general. If I could speak to my own future children from experience, I would tell them that the most important thing in life is that they tried. To try is to succeed. Making an effort every single day, and trying again when all has failed is the key to success. The only time we can say we failed is when we realized we stopped trying.

Failure isn't exactly a bad thing. Life would be boring if we got everything we wanted first time around.
I don't think people understand the importance of building an unbreakable character. People who fall at times, must always get back up, because life may throw unbearable things at you- however you cannot let it beat you.

It took me 18 years to finally figure that out. Getting depressed over a failure only makes that failure seem unbeatable. Nothing is unbeatable because it all lies in your own hands. Simply try and try again. That's all that matters at the end.

Lara Hattab
Features Writer
Bellaire TPP