You know when I was in nursing school I failed one of my first exams in one of my first nursing courses and I failed it by two measly questions. After the test review, the instructor pulled me aside to personally point out that I wasn’t nurse material and that I should just go ahead and quit.
Now I’m not the most intelligent person but I do know that one exam in one class does not a nurse make. I am also an if-you-say-I-can’t-I-will-do-it-just-to-spite-you type person because I am both pleasant and stubborn like that.
Anyway.
I went on to get a 92% on the second exam and I remember that score because it took me from a failing 72% (because in nursing school 78% is a C and 77% is an F) to a passing 82% and I went on to not only graduate nursing school but continue my education long enough to obtain a master’s degree in said nursing field.
One could argue that the instructor’s approach was valid because of how it played out but I guess you had to of been there to know she wasn’t saying it to motivate me. She didn’t know I was the type to throw up my middle finger when told no and do it anyway. For all she knew, she was fracturing my spirit and saving the world from a one exam failure.
Which brings me to my point.
The world isn’t always going to cheer you on. They’re not always going to celebrate you or encourage you or see your potential. In fact, sometimes, they’ll try to break you. They’ll find their own purpose and joy in watching you fail and fall.
Don’t worry, you will find your people, your cheerleaders, your keep-going-even-when-it’s-hard family but until then you have to have just enough ornery stubbornness to fight through the negativity of naysayers.
I know their voices are loud but if you sit in stillness—for just a moment—your inner quiet will tell you that it’s time to grab a match and light a flame because the world needs less people full of doubt and more people filled with fire.
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