Don't let Failures DICTATE you!

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First of all, congratulations for those who passed their IELTS exams..

Cheer up for those who couldn't..

Good luck for those who gonna resit..

Good luck for those who gonna take the result this Friday (including me =])

Congratulations for those who are happy with the results

Congratulations for those who never give up

Congratulations for working hard for it

Congratulations for doing their best

Congratulations for.... [anything else?]

Ok.. personally, I'm kinda scared too. I know everybody does. A band 6.5 is already more than enough for me. (for the sake of JPA)

You know what? I don't like the way IELTS is conducted. It's exam-based. Exam-based means "do-or-die". And it's the most stupidest form of evaluation ever in this planet! Ah Ben seems to agree with me, he said that OSSLT is ridiculous!

Although it's absurd, but we have to face it though.. since we're dictated by JPA.

Ok.. enough complaining here.

No matter what happen, just face it and be happy, because with joy, failures turns into success! Here let me share something with you from the Great Book.

"Be joyful always" (1 Thessalonians 5:16)

"A cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones" (Proverbs 15:30)

"Be happy... while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth" (Ecclesiates 11:9)

You see... our life is short and we have to be happy to the max because we won't have a second chance to live. Plus [can't resist using this word =P], Jesus said,

"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour of his life?" (Matthew 6:27)

So what do you say? I don't want to waste every single second of my life without happiness. It would just like cutting your life short.

Specially dedicated to someone,

Stuffs happens, nobody lives without failures. Like Thomas Edison said,

"I would not say I failed 1000 times, but I would say that I discovered 1000 ways that can cause failure"

Congratulations because you already discovered some (just kidding ^^)

Just have faith in yourself, failing once doesn't mean that you will fail always.

Here it's just some small sincere gift from me to enlighten you =)

"Our present [failures] are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed to us" (Romans 8:18)

"Consider it pure joy... whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance." (James 1:2-3)

"We also rejoices in our [failures], because we know that [failures] produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope" (Romans 5:3-4)

"You will surely forget your troubles,
recalling it as waters gone by.
Life will be brighter than noonday,
and darkness will become like morning.
You will be secure, because there's hope;
you will look about you and take your rest in your safety."

(Job 11:16-18)

So, hey... there's always a pathway to success no matter where you are. It's just the matter of HOW YOU FIND IT.

May this post enlightens your days to come =)

And for the rest of you, Good luck and be happie always! (let's pray hard ^^)

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