Start Over

I remember in 2014, when I had issues in school, and felt my world crumbling.

I was supposed to be finishing up, but here I was, seeing that I was going to spend a minimum of a year to graduate. I was thinking of the money, time and energy to be spent. I was thinking of what people would say, I was thinking of what my family would say, I was thinking of how to face my juniors.

I cried. I was afraid.

But along the line, I got encouraged by friends, by family, by God and I decided to go back.
I told myself I would start over, and focus on what I needed to achieve.

Back in school, I saw my mates coming in for their clearance while I was preparing for exams, I saw my juniors look at me like I was a failure and I kept mute.

While all these happened, I was learning great lessons. I was learning where I made mistakes, I was learning where I could be better, and it was during this period that I turned to writing as a source of income and I have been a writer ever since.

Life is filled with endings and beginnings, heartbreaks and failures, and ups and downs, but one thing which separates the winners from the losers is that they start again after ever set back.

They pick up the pieces and march on toward their goals.

They don't give up.

They see each end as a beginning, they see each disappointment as an opportunity to begin again. I am a Biochemist today, but I am a writer by practice. The lessons I learned during that period I decided to start again still help me achieve greatness.

It's Monday. Forget last week's setbacks, forget yesterday's mistakes, just start over.

Begin again.

In summary...

At around 5:30 in the evening on Dec. 10, 1914, a massive explosion erupted in West Orange, New Jersey. Ten buildings in legendary inventor Thomas Edison's plant, which made up more than half of the site, were engulfed in flames. Between six and eight fire departments rushed to the scene, but the chemical-fueled inferno was too powerful to put out quickly.
According to a 1961 Reader's Digest article by Edison's son Charles, Edison calmly walked over to him as he watched the fire destroy his dad's work. In a childlike voice, Edison told his 24-year-old son, "Go get your mother and all her friends. They'll never see a fire like this again." When Charles objected, Edison said, "It's all right. We've just got rid of a lot of rubbish."
Later, at the scene of the blaze, Edison was quoted in The New York Times as saying, "Although I am over 67 years old, I'll start all over again tomorrow." He told the reporter that he was exhausted from remaining at the scene until the chaos was under control, but he stuck to his word and immediately began rebuilding the next morning without firing any of his employees.
Was there any other viable response? In the new book, "The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph," author Ryan Holiday says there wasn't. Sure, Edison could have wept, yelled in anger, or locked himself in his house in a state of depression. But instead, he put on a smile and told his son to enjoy the spectacle.
(Excerpt from Business Insider)

Go Conquer.
Go Start Over.

Have a greatly blessed week, Steemians.