there is an underground saying amongst engineers. You are not a true engineer unless and until you have faced at least one back in your career. Well, I can say I am a true engineer in that sense...After all, I had three!!! :)
adversity truly teaches you like no other life situation. Unless and until you are faced with dire straits , how would you know how to conduct yourself, gather the pieces of one's life and move on to bigger and better things and achieving long term success and growth. Failure is just one of those dire straits. It's not possible to be having immense good luck and fortune all the time. Life is such that by the law of averages, you will have to face bad times at some point. and if you are one who hasn't faced any sort of tough situation before, chances are that you could just crumble under the pressure. So the faster you are exposed to failure, the better.
Flunking in engineering taught me a lot of things. It helped to prioritize work, helped me to figure out time management, helped me deal with feelings of being inferior to my peers, and most importantly how to deal successfully that with tough situations and come out as a winner. Not that I have achieved anything mindblowing in my life yet, but it has made me confident enough to think that i would be able to survive the toughest of adversities and come out alive.
of course, its a jungle out there and only the toughest survive while the weak crumble by the wayside. As did quite a few of my peers who fell into holes that they cudnt dig themselves out of , be it with multiple backs resulting in year blocks or other non-academic related holes.
They say that 'Failure is the stepping stone to success.' Don't know who said it but it must have been a wise old man.
Anyways, final point is, dont worry about the crisis that hits you today. coz who knows, it may just change the rest of your future.
Cheers
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