Are You a Failure?

Are You a Failure?

 

A successful and happy life is an instinctual and natural desire of every human being. It's the job of every normal person to strive for their dreams and to accomplish a respectable and salient position in their society. All social institutions and norms acknowledge this right of an individual. In fact, everyone does put some effort to be a success in life, as much as their inner talents and external opportunities allow them to do. Not everyone is destined with a high-level success or to end up as a celebrity, but most people content themselves with a second rate in life while leaving the higher ambitions behind for the coming generations. 

However, if you're a person who, despite all the struggle and hard work, couldn't achieve even any second rate success in life, and now it seems like all the doors to a successful life have been firmly closed, and not only you, but everyone else also thinks you as a loser--- even then, there is no need to be completely despaired. There is a silver lining in every dark cloud and even a negative situation has some positive aspects. Even as a loser, you have won something!

The success face of failure

No doubt, you can never give up on the dream of a successful and fully accomplished life and, in fact, you should try everything to fulfill your dreams of success. However, if despite putting everything into your struggle, you still find yourself empty-handed, then frustration and disappointment is a natural thing. But if you see with a different perspective, you would notice, there is an element of success in each of your failures.

If you couldn’t become a billionaire, even then you should feel satisfied for not using deceptive means to earn money. Now you are free of that notorious arrogance that makes affluent people exploitive and harsh towards fellow humans. You are not cash rich, but you are ‘sleep rich’ because you have a clear conscience.

You couldn’t achieve a bright full professional career, you haven’t contributed to spreading social evils like corruption and injustice either. In contrast to the stressfully busy lives of so-called peak achievers, your small business and low-paid job give you some hours for leisure. You are not wealthy, so you don’t need to hire security professionals to guard you and your family against jealous opponents.

Love failure, but heart success!

Now take another aspect of failure. Most people keep whining about not having their soul-love. Some can never forget how they failed to get the attention of an attractive person in their lives. But being a love failure is, by all means, better than a love deceiver. You never cheated on anyone, never raped a woman, or never been a playboy. Perhaps you couldn’t find a beautiful and handsome life partner, but you have all the consolation of the world that, at least, you are a faithful and caring spouse!

Obscure but secure!

Every school-going child dreams of becoming a celebrity some time in their life. Doing wonderful things and being famous are the most common fantasies of youth. Nothing sounds sweeter than the clapping hands. But don’t feel depressed if you couldn’t become a famous star, believe it or not, you are free from a lot of curses of stardom. You are not followed by the paparazzi and no one sends you threatening emails. Your interviews are not published in magazines, but neither are your scandals. You can hang out freely without any interference anywhere. What are the blessings of being unknown, ask a celebrity!

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