-Kumar Mangalam Birla.
These words of Kumar Mangalam Birla are something I identify with immensely. In my 24 years of being on this planet, I feel I have failed and challenged in a major way twice and have successfully learnt from my mistakes and overcome these failures. The last time I failed, I was 18 years old and was enrolled in Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University and was well on my way to earning my Bachelors in Statistics. But unfortunately, I did not take well to living without my parents for the first time and ultimately, my mental health was affected and I quit and went back home. This failure of not having graduated from LSR affected me in a huge way and I have since then vowed to persevere no matter what life throws in front of me. The first time I failed at something, happened when I was younger than 18 years of age. Although not a failure in the conventional sense, this challenge which came my way was something I struggled with and now, have successfully overcome- till my 6thstandard in school, I had learned Tamil as my second language (being from Chennai). In 7thstandard however, my parents got transferred and I had to move to Kendriya Vidyalaya wherein I had to learn Hindi and Sanskrit at a 7thstandard level from scratch. This particular challenge took many tears, sweat and failed exams before I overcame it and by the end of two years, I had started scoring 85% + in my exams, which I considered to be a success and now I have no qualms in conversing in Hindi with people whose native language is Hindi.
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