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In retrospect, I feel much grateful for the invaluable learnings some of my biggest failures,

losses and struggles provided me. They had greater and far reaching impacts in my life than

my successes.

I would actually like to call my successes boosters or s tepping stones that can help me catch

up with my breath, become stronger and more courageous to get prepared to face even

bigger failures as my life moves along.

I always feel human life is like a river and I wish to live it that way, to enjoy the surprises the

next moment may bring; reflecting its true spirit of flowing continuously and exuding divinity.

Sometime it brings me blooming flowers to light up my day and on some occasions it

pounded big boulders on me.

When a river originates from the pristine wilderness, it is in its pur est form just like how pure

we were when we were born. As the river flows, it takes all it possibly can along its paths

similar to our pursuit of learning and getting educated. Sometimes it changes its course when

it meets a boulder it cannot move. Likewise, our lives too change when we meet with things

that are not in our full control and cannot be changed. All along its journey towards the ocean,

it passes through lots of  places and people of different culture, color, character and creed.

Some respect it; some even worship it; while some tread it and consider it a dr ain to just

wash their sins off. Similarly, we too come across many people in our  lives. Some care for usand respect us; some support us during our struggles while some just fly off after benefiting

from us. Nevertheless, like a river, our lives continue to move on and they must do so.

I just love the sound when a rock or boulder impedes the flow of a river and the same way, I

learn (and am still learning) to love the overall experience when going through difficult times

considering the value of the learnings.

I learnt so much from my failures and losses and while enduring my struggles than enjoying in

my so-called successes. Those moments when I felt completely lost and worthless; when I

was the most embarrassed; and when I was in utter despair are vivid in my memory and will

remain so till my lifetime. I value these difficult moments much more than the intermittent

 joyous occasions of successes that I enjoyed in the past and expect to have in future.

It doesn't matter what I get tomorrow - blossoms or boulders - but I like to live my life flowinglike a river and be thankful to God for giving me failures and losses only to emerge a better 

human being from my hardships.

So, God !!! thank you.... I "FAILED"

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