Is it OK to Fail Sometimes

As the 1st semester of my Masters comes to an end, I come back to my blog which has been my respite in times of frustration, disappointment, etc. Its been long since I have written something. Lots of things have changed.

1st thing to note, today as I write this - Its my Mom's Bday - Happy Bday MOM. Please Bless me and always love me and believe in me. I have followed your dream and have come to US and that too in a very highly ranked university. But I may have disappointed you by not performing very well in this semester. But seriously I have tried my best. I have given it my everything. But probably it was a wrong choice of courses that I am unable to devote much time to them. Sometimes failure is unavoidable no matter how hard you try. Not always is hard work rewarded. With that Luck has to be on your side which has deserted me once again, but I am sure it will come back to me big time just like it came at the time of admits.

Here I sit disappointed staring at 2 B's out of 3 courses and another A- or hopefully A in this semester, sitting cursing myself, sitting dejected as the result of this sem would deflate a lot of hopes and dreams including mine. The question I ask the world is - Is it not OK to fail? Why are there so many expectations, hopes, competition that make you feel so much like a loser even at one failure. Even Einstein and Newton and all other greats I'm sure must have failed at least once in their life.