Attitudes towards Failure and Success
逮秋月
山东省章丘市章丘四中
It’s no exaggeration to compare our life stage to a battle field which is loaded with both failure and success. From cradle to grave, people from different levels of life, almost everyone has to experience different kinds of battles: the competitions between students, between businessmen, even between countries, etc. As a consequence, we will face not only success but also failure. From the point of my view, proper attitudes should be taken towards failure and success.
Most often, when we are successful we are happy. After all, competition means that one do (does) one’s utmost to reach for things which are wanted by others, blow that you are successful, it means that you are the winner. So to speak, everyone dreams of succeeding and it’s common to be happy if your dream comes into reality. However, just as an old saying goes: Pride goes before a fall. We mustn’t sink our self (ourselves) into the world of flowers and congratulations. Come down to earth, more things of the essence remained to be done yet. History abounds with the example of that. Qing Dynasty fell behind other countries on account of its ridiculous satisfaction. It closed its window to the world and no foreign trades were allowed. Finally, it was beaten by western countries. Thus, we must be aware of the circumstances and can’t be too proud of ourselves. Meanwhile, as failure is unavoided (unavoidable) in our life, more attention should be paid to failure.
First and foremost, we must absorb lessons from our failure. One mustn’t fall in the same place twice. Just as a proverb goes: Fall in a pit gain in your wise (A fall into a pit, a gain is your wit). Besides, everyone makes mistakes. Someone has said that show me a man who never makes mistakes and I will show you a person with two heads. That is to say, it’s undeniable for one to make mistakes and failure is a piece of dish that everyone must taste, despite (although) you are reluctant to face it. As a result, positive attitude (attiutdes) should be taken towards failure. Failure is the mother of success. Only if you are aware of that, you will succeed in the end. As is known to all, Napolon (Napoleon) is considered as the greatest person in France. He had experienced numerous wars before he succeeded. I remember that he once said, “You can never find ‘ failure’ in my dictionary. “ Yes, he succeeded and he never regreted (regretted) for what he had done. Keep in mind that there is only one winner, but everyone should strive for it. Most often, the obstacle to success is not our failure, but is our fears. If you failed, cheer up, everthing (everything) will be OK.
All in all, no matter it is sunny or cloudy, as long as we take positive attitudes towards it, success will finally come. Confidence is the first step to success. Come on, we are the best.