Failing or Never Trying. (Q.1)

*I don't always have things to blog about, but I found a ton of thought provoking questions, and I've decided to answer those questions in between real good family posts.  This will be the first of those question posts.*




Which is worse, failing or never trying?

My answer to this is most definitely never trying.  I know that there are some people out there in the world who are very fearful of failing, but I believe that is a fear worth reckoning.  On a small scale I remember agonizing over taking an advanced lit test in high school.  It wasn't just any test.  It was a test that would say, "Yes, Heather, you may forgo comp 1 and/or 2 in college."  I did not want to fail.  A part of me thought that maybe I shouldn't bother with the test because I didn't want to fail and feel bad about myself, and I also didn't want to fail and then announce that sad result to others.  I had a big idea that I could write, and I did not want a test failure to tell me that I could not.  Well to make this short story even shorter, I took the test and did clip out of comp 1.  But even if I had not scored high enough to clip out, I'd like to think that I wouldn't have accepted that result as a failing on my part.  

Never trying and not knowing is where failure lies. 

I still love to write.  The desire is buried deep down under responsibilities and more important priorities.  I like to think that one day, I will own my own lap top and will find time to begin to tell a story that will work its way into a novel.  I do not want to be the person who never tries.  In this respect failing is not my main concern.  I wouldn't be failing anyone if I never tried to write again, not even myself.  Writing is fun, and I hope it will always be that to me. 

I'm working my brain over trying to think of another time in life when failing was an issue.  I'm happy to say that I cannot think of another moment.  I'm truly a person who doesn't carry failure as a fear.  I haven't ever given much thought to it; I've always held the opinion that never trying is worse.  This is definitely not to say that I do not carry other fears and weaknesses, because I most certainly do. I fail at things all the time, but at least it is not because I do not try.

-Heather.