Greetings and peace be with you Ghashiyah;
Whenever we take up a new challenge in life there is no guarantee that we shall succeed. It is also a fact that not everyone succeeds the first time. Therefore it gives everyone the right to fail if the challenge is beyond what they are capable of doing at that time.
There are a few buts..
In order to live with that failure you have to be able to look back truthfully and say I tried my best. In the end you are accountable to yourself more than you are to parents, teachers, family or friends.
Failure can highlight the things you were weak at, and it gives you insight of how you might have to change if you need to succeed.
The people who do not fail are people who do not keep pushing themselves with new challenges or liars.
Life has to go on after failure; I believe you can learn more in life by the way you deal with failure, because you need to call on some inner strength to try again or to face some other challenge. Yes you have to face parents, teachers, family and friends but if you have been honest to yourself; you can also be honest with them. I can understand the pressures from parents if they want you to be a doctor or lawyer, but not all sons or daughters of doctors are cut out to follow in the footsteps of their parents.
In the spirit of not giving up.
Eric
