Dealing with failure

Every human is liable to failure; it is part of being human, but the most important thing is how we overcome every downfall and get back victorious. Every failure we encounter in life is for us to learn from and not make the mistakes that caused the first failure anymore. In our society today, many see failure as the end of life, especially in this part of the world, and getting back on their feet becomes impossible because they have written themselves off.

Growing up, I experienced some disappointments that people might see as failures, but I didn't see them as such because I had the belief that everything works well at the right time. I had always wanted to be a medical doctor because I was inspired by one of my uncles, who is a medical doctor. I love the way he prescribes drugs and gives medical advice. I wanted to look at someone and be able to tell him or her what medical condition he or she might have, and this made me go to science class after my junior secondary school certificate examination.

I guess every child's dream is to become a medical doctor, and growing up, I held so tightly to that dream, but in everything, man proposes and God displays. I started my journey in science class to pursue my dream, but I guess I wasn't made for it, even though I desperately wanted to become a doctor. After the first term session, my result came out a bit bad, and I thought probably because I was new in the class, I hadn't caught up well. Then I continued to the second term, and this time the topics were more complex and difficult to understand. It was then that I decided to change my mind gradually, but due to the passion I had for this profession, I didn't want to back down easily.

After the second term and there was no improvement in my result, my parents called me and asked what I would like to do since I'm not coping well in my present class. With a heavy heart, I couldn't mutter a word because I found my dream shattering at that moment. After a long thought about it, I gathered my courage and told my parents I would love to change my class to commercial, with so much disappointment in my voice. My mom kept on asking, "Am I sure that's what I wanted?" I convincingly said yes, and when I resumed the third term session, I moved to commercial class. My friends from my previous class all came asking me the reason behind my decision, and I had to tell them I couldn't cope with the subjects there.

My dream of becoming a medical doctor then was gone and to everyone around me then I failed. I moved on to my new class and at the end of three years I wrote my senior secondary school certificate examination which I sat for just once because it came out beautifully well. After the exam, I decided to take a break for a year before furthering to a higher institution and I thought of what I could probably be doing in the cause of that one year. Being a medical doctor didn't work out but I never forgot the passion I have for professions in the medical line. I searched around my environment for a place I can enroll as an auxiliary nurse and luckily for me I got a place and I started my apprenticeship as an auxiliary nurse for a year.

In the space of 3 months, I was able to pick up the basics with no stress, and I'm glad I took the step just to make people see that what they thought was a failure wasn't a failure at all. At the end of my one-year training, I can prescribe drugs to my patient, administer the injections, and set up a transfusion for both drips and blood. I achieved what I've always wanted, even though through different means. I didn't let my failure to succeed in science class destroy my dream and passion, and today I can stand and speak about it anywhere. I failed to pass my subjects in science class, but I achieved what I've always wanted.

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