Failure But Not Forever

Yemenat

Ahmed Saif Hashed

I may have appeared to be a failure, and I felt that failure deeply at times, perhaps even for years. But not forever. I failed at writing stories, yet today I revisit them in the details of my life. I failed at poetry, but now I attempt to weave its essence into my different expressions. I failed at love, but not indefinitely. I dreamed of becoming a journalist and faced setbacks, yet I returned to pursue that dream, and now I own a newspaper and a news website. As Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho says, one must never cease to dream; failure is a natural occurrence from time to time, but the one thing we cannot do is forget.

Wherever I have failed, the yearning for my aspirations remains intense, and forgetting is impossible. I reclaim my spirit and vitality, striving to endure with patience and resilience. I attempt once more to fulfill my dreams, again and again, until they are realized or I claim a portion of them, even if failure has overshadowed my dreams for many years. I do not forget them until I attain whatever honor I can from them. If my dreams fall asleep from exhaustion, they rest briefly until circumstances change, then awaken to seize the first opportunity. I retry, again and again, until what once seemed arduous or impossible becomes attainable or within reach.

I dreamed of being a judge or a lawyer, and indeed I became a judge for over five years, then a defender of human rights and freedoms to this day. I aspired to earn a scholarship in international relations or political science, but the opportunity eluded me. After many years, I finally obtained a diploma in political science from the Faculty of Economics at the University of