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A wise person has once said, "With one success a thousand failures lie forgotten, but with one refusal to try, a thousand successes may prematurely die." What does this mean to people? Life is full of thousand failures. Not at all. Success in life will only happen if you face more failures than success. You have to go through many failures to achieve success. Many people have failed and many will fail once in their life time. Past to the present, people have experienced many failures. For example, Helen Keller was a very successful person. She was deaf and blind at the same time. This made her to face many difficulties. She had failed so many times but she did not give up. Helen was the first deaf and blind person to get a Bachelor of Art degree. Putting all her courage into everything, she had led the world with hope. Just because she was blind and deaf, it did not stop her from trying. Everyone can do the same as Helen Keller. We should keep trying until we get the right result. Imagine how much you can do to help the world with having beautiful eyes to see the amazing world and excellent ears to hear a moring bird's song. You can benefit a 1000 more than what Helen Keller gave the world! Everyone fails at times. I have also failed in my life. At the age of four, I had to move to America. Living my life in Japan, I had never experienced the world beyond me. I had to go through many difficulties. For instance I had to learn English which was very hard for me since I was already fluent in Japanese. I had to work hard every day. School was the most difficult, finding good friends, getting used to the teachers, and understanding others. It was a lot of pressure to go through yet I did not give up. I had failed many things, but with all these failures I had become successful. NASA is another example that went through many failures. For instance, NASA has failed to let humans into other planets but NASA still keeps trying for more data out of our world. Still NASA has achieved many spectacular missions that have changed the world. Many great successful people have failed to earn success. There is something special about them; it is that they keep on trying. You can also be part of the successful world! Neethu Pottackal

Surprises are what our life is made of. It could be success or a desire. Everyone will go through a surprise once in their life. It could be sad or happy. I have gone through many surprises in my life time. But the one that surprised me the most was on a June Saturday! It was a sunny Saturday morning, while everything was going as the routine, my mom cooking breakfast, my dad reading the newspaper, and myself waking up from a tired sleep. I strolled down the steps to the living room. My dad was there on the couch reading the newspaper. All of the sudden, my dad told me to bring my art utensils with me and get ready to go to Philadelphia. I did as he told me but I was very confused. While my dad was driving, he announced to me that I was going to compete in an art competition. I couldn’t talk for two minutes and blurted out my words that I can’t do it because I am not prepared, but my dad pushed me. As soon as I got there, I got scared seeing so many people. I had to enter into a smaller room were the competition was held. The competition started, I begin drawing then erased then drew again and so on. I worked very so I could make my dad proud. With trembling hands I handed my drawing over to the short lading at the corner. I went back to the main room where my father was sitting on a blue chair poised at the end of the row. When I sat next to him, he started to ask me questions about how the competition went. I had told him it was all fine. We both waited till the end of the competition to know the results. The announcer called few different names but for the last one it started to call my name Nee…., by then I was jumping up and down in my seat and my dad smiling at me. BOOM! The announcer called another name. I was so sad, my dad started to soothe me that it was okay. On the ride back home, I was silent. I got home and told my mom about the news. I hoped to do better next time. Next morning, I was doing my job when I heard the door bell ring. It was the announcer with holding a trophy. The announcer told me that they had made a mistake in one of the winner and I was the real winner. I was so stunned to speak. It was a surprise that I never expected. My dad took pictures of me and my trophy. It was the most best unexpected surprise I ever experienced. Surprises can come in different forms for each of us. Some may come unexpectedly and some may not. When surprises happen we have to accept them no matter what form they come in. After a surprise happening good or bad, you will soon be in your routine, smiling! Neethu Pottackal