Thomas Edison, the father of the light bulb, once said, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Success does not automatically fall free from the sky. Success is not an item that can be bought with money. Success is only visible to those who keeps trying and never gives up even when failure undermines their chance of success. Needless to say, failure happens to everyone, including myself. Failure, to some people, is a lifestyle choice that they commit in order to harvest success. Evidently, the American inventor Thomas Edison exemplifies finding success after failure. Even though Thomas failed ten thousands times before successfully created the light bulb, his perseverance had finally forced success to smile upon him even if it did not want to.
Cooking is similar to creating a light bulb but more flavorful and savory. Being talented and knowledgeable is not enough to achieve success, because success is not simply a natural commodity that is given to a person by God before birth. Contradictorily, success is attained through failures. Throughout my entire life, personal failures are certainly unavoidable since I am still a human being. Failure provides an extraordinary opportunity for …show more content…
My family and I were hesitantly swallowing the food. Through their facial expressions, I could feel the disappointment deep inside them. My mom seemed to notice my pessimistic look; suddenly, she gave a gentle smile and then said, “You reminded me of my first time when I started to cook.” Her words swiftly lifted me up and brought sunlight into my heart. After that “experiment” with cooking, my cooking skill started to improve and eventually became the cook for the family whenever my mom cannot do it. Ultimately, my first cooking experience did not turn out as good as I expected it to be, but it was the fundamental block of success on top of the foundation of
Cooking is similar to creating a light bulb but more flavorful and savory. Being talented and knowledgeable is not enough to achieve success, because success is not simply a natural commodity that is given to a person by God before birth. Contradictorily, success is attained through failures. Throughout my entire life, personal failures are certainly unavoidable since I am still a human being. Failure provides an extraordinary opportunity for …show more content…
My family and I were hesitantly swallowing the food. Through their facial expressions, I could feel the disappointment deep inside them. My mom seemed to notice my pessimistic look; suddenly, she gave a gentle smile and then said, “You reminded me of my first time when I started to cook.” Her words swiftly lifted me up and brought sunlight into my heart. After that “experiment” with cooking, my cooking skill started to improve and eventually became the cook for the family whenever my mom cannot do it. Ultimately, my first cooking experience did not turn out as good as I expected it to be, but it was the fundamental block of success on top of the foundation of