Personal Narrative: My Experience Of Failure

I can say that the experience failure that I had was not a major failure. It was a simple one, but to me it was hard to get over with because I always had a fear of failure. My first experience of failure was when I had my first driving test and coming from a country where women are not allowed to drive made it even harder. So driving was a first time experience to me and all my family said that if I didn’t make it the first time, then it is not a problem because I can always try again.

After a couple days of training and going to driving school, the driving test day has arrived. I was really nervous and I was hoping that I would pass from the first try. Unfortunately after the test I came to know that I failed and for some reason I was sad and felt that I let myself down. I knew that I was over-reacting because it was a simple thing, but to me the issue was not about how big or small it is. The …show more content…
I would never forget my reaction that day, and I remember asking the instructor again if he is sure about it then he laughed and said yes, I am sure. I was proud of myself and happy that I did what I wanted and didn’t give up after failing a couple of times. Which made it better was that I took my license two days before my birthday, so it was a great early birthday gift.

What I learned from this is that to never give up from accomplishing what you want regardless of how big or small it is, even the small things can teach a lesson. Before this experience I used to say to myself that I never want to live the experience of failure of anything and if I did I wouldn’t know how to handle it. After this experience I started to say that it is ok to fail as long as you know how to get back up and try again and not let that failure control you. Now I don’t have the fear of failure because I know that no matter what happens I will always keep on trying and trying till it works out