Success and Failure

When I look back at the last 5 yrs of my life i feel as if i have failed....comparing it to what it was before that. Let's not get into why it is so...basically everything adds up academics, confidence, just general smartness and intelligence have all dipped by a non-negligible amount.There have been no accomplishments as such...well nothing that I did not expect very easily anyway. And Im sure that people not knowing me very closely and going just by comparison of my "record on paper" would be wondering...how i blew it. (Well this blog is not for those ppl so that they can stop wondering...because they dont read my blogs anyways!)

But even in the midst of this "failure" there was a silver lining...infact there was more than one silver lining. It is failure that makes you appreciate the value of success...it is failure that makes u realise the importance of hardwork,perseverence and patience. Failure is imperitive for the growth of any individual. So believe me...dont feel too low if you have failed...it can only get better.

The last 5 years may not show a great deal on paper...but it is these 5 years in which i have learnt the most...and it is what i have learnt in these five years that i will be leading my life on. And when i say learnt i dont mean electrical technology or physics or mathematics....i mean just the general virtues of life. It is in these five years that i have made friends whom I know will be friends for life. It is in these five years that i have had experiences that i will remember for life. It is these five years that i have felt more emotions than ever before and probably ever after. So may be it's worth it... though i may have lost some mental intelligence...i think emotionally i am much more intelligent..and I have realised that it will help me immensely through life.

So may be that these years have not been a failure after all...may be what i think my definition of success is in my head needs to be redefined. After all isn't succes just a measure of how 'happy' you really are. If yes...then to be happy you don't need the "success" which most of us dream of thinking it to be real success.
In any case things seem to be falling back into place now... slowly but surely...so whatever defintion of success i wish to apply hopefully will be giving me positive results now!!