“Our Greatest Glory is Not in Never Failing, But in Rising Up Every Time we Fail.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson said it so well. This quote describes my life perfectly at the moment. Due to my medical issues that have arose over the past few months, I was forced to withdraw from college. My first semester of college and I couldn’t even succeed in finishing. As a person, I feel like a failure. I feel like I couldn’t handle multiple things at once. I feel like there are many more people out there that are experiencing difficult situations and I just didn’t have the guts or the strength to face what I was going through. My body failed me and as a result, I failed as a student. I failed as a person to take care of myself.

Although sometimes we fail, though, we always get back up and try again. And that’s exactly what I plan on doing. Along with my medical issues, this semester has had family problems, relationship problems, and other stresses along the way. But I know that when I go back in January, it will be a great opportunity to restart my life. Because although I may have failed this semester, doesn’t mean that I can’t rise above and succeed in the end.