Failing

People say that when you aim for something, even if you fail to reach your goal, you have not totally failed because in the process of trying, you have successfully learnt something and are a success in that sense. They say it's only those who don't try that are the real failures. I think all these are just perceptions. What's the use of trying if you are going to fail ultimately? Who looks at the process nowadays? Society'll only look at the end results, if you can deliver and meet targets. No one saw the 5,000 swings a day from Tiger Woods. Everyone only sees him as a golfing champion but the amount of sweat and tears that were shed often go unnoticed. If you fail, you'll be condemned by the world. Or yourself. The world teaches you to condemn yourself. We take failure at face value and don't look at the effort that went behind the trying.

No one likes to fail. Although we always hear meaningful words like "It doesn't matter if you fail because you haven't really failed as long as you try", I am more inclined to think otherwise because sadly, I too, like many others, am an unfortunate stooge of society. Society only rewards success and neglects the effort of the failed/unsuccessful heroes. I don't embrace failure; but some people when they deviate from their goals, they gain experience in other matters and become very good in other things. In that sense, have they really failed?

One good thing about training is I realised that as long as you try, even if you fail to meet your expectations, you'll not be very far from your goals. So I aim for the moon. Even if I fail, I'll land on the stars. Better the stars than drift around aimlessly in space.