Failure

In order to succeed you have to fail. I’ve failed many times before and I wanted to give up. I’m almost certain that all people who’ve made something of themselves failed multiple times. In this essay I want to explain why failure is expected.

Throughout this year, I’ve felt like a failure. I’ve messed up so much. This past school year I got arrested for smoking on campus. It was on the last day of school which is pretty dumb of me. I let down so many people when it happened. Teachers, my Principal, and most importantly, my parents. When my parents found out I’m certain that they were disappointed. My mom and dad didn’t talk to me that much when they got me from the police station. That was a real setback for me but I didn’t let it bring me down. I’m trying to redeem myself this year. I’m on my way back up, but because I believe in failure.

This first quarter of school, I was crushing it! I had all A’s and B’s, plus good attendance. I was really proud of myself. I was staying on task, doing all my schools work on time and everything. I had this book project that I had nine weeks to do. Me, being a procrastinator, put it at the bottom of my to do list. We, as teens tend to get caught up in being young and free so we put off school work. Anyways, when it came time to turn it in I was embarrassed. My one goal this year was to maintain good grades and I failed.

Just because I failed doesn’t mean I was going to quit. Yes, I failed but I won’t repeat my mistakes next time. I believe in failure. I started getting lazy and lost my focus. This F is a reminder of what I’m trying to be better than. This brought my head back to last year. I’m not trying to mess up again. I didn’t start putting myself down about it though. I believe in failure.

Recently, I got into an argument with my mother. We just never could see eye to eye about certain things. We both said some things we didn’t mean to each other but I ended up leaving and moving in with my dad. I pretty much felt like I had failed as a daughter at this point. I’ve made plenty of mistakes along the way and she has been by my side through it all. I believe in failure. I, feeling like a failure right now just makes me want to become someone better. I want to be someone that my mom can be proud of.

I’m still young and I have a lot to learn. I just want people to know it’s okay to fail in life. It’s going to happen so don’t be afraid when it does. Adults, children, teachers, inventors, and teenagers have all failed before. Just because you fail doesn’t mean you give up. You pick yourself up and keeping going. No matter how many times you fail, just remember it happens. I believe in failure.