LOOKING BEYOND THE IMPERFECTIONS
By: Lubnah Abdulhalim
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The best thing about imperfections is that they make us who we are and they always make us stronger and braver than before. The silly mistakes we make at work, at school, at home or with our friends don’t mean we are stupid or useless as some of us may think. Man is to error and no one is perfect however successful or perfect they may look in your eyes.
Even the most successful and popular personalities, failed or had low points at some period. But what made them what they are today is their hard work and passion to go beyond those failures and imperfections. It is that effort they made to be better people that got them recognized as achievers.
Losing hope and giving up at the first sign of failure just shows how weak a person is. If everyone gave up at the first sign of hardship, then we definitely wouldn’t have achievers. Sometimes, failure tests our faith and amount of trust we have in ourselves. We have to be the kind of people who don’t have to regret later on that we didn’t work hard enough to get to our goals. We have to keep on trying again and again until we finally get to the peak of the mountain and we can finally shout “Yes! I am finally here.”
One may say to themselves “I tried and tried and tried, again and again, but I didn’t succeed, so what is the point?” The thing is, maybe you didn’t really try in the best way possible or maybe you gave up too early or maybe you were simply pursuing the wrong goal. Wanting to be a doctor while you are very poor in sciences, or going for an accountancy course while mathematics twists you upside down, or opening a new restaurant in an area where all hotels are closing, may be the reason why you failed.
Instead
of giving up hope, sometimes you just need to refocus. After you’ve tried your
level best and still haven’t succeeded, why not focus on your strengths or
review your game-plan? Everyone is good at something and even if you haven’t
realized then do know you have a gift. You just have to discover it.
To
minimize the risk of failure it is important to carefully consider your goals
and plans. Think long and hard before undertaking any major project. Consider
the following questions: ‘do I have what I need to make it?’, ‘Is this what I
really want?’, and ‘Is this the best use of my skills and resources?’ but most
importantly, ‘am I being realistic?’ after you’ve sat down and asked yourself
such questions, then this is where you bring in all your effort, passion, hard
work, zeal and focus to make your dreams and goals come true.
But
remember; don’t mind the mistakes or failures. Learn from them and make
yourself a better person from your imperfections. As the famous American
author, Zig Ziglar once said, if you learn from defeat, you haven’t really
lost.
