The Importance Of Success In The Dominican Republic

Failure is described as "lack of success". Success is defined as "the accomplishment of an aim or purpose". If failure is lack of success and success is to accomplish an aim or purpose, then I have failed a lot of times in my life. I was well-raised in a little island called Dominican Republic. I am proud to be Dominican.

High school in the Dominican Republic was a very crucial time in my life. At that age the majority of the students of my country, including me, do not think about the future. We live the present moment. We did not worry about the decisions we made and their consequences. We do things we might regret later in life.

I am very lucky and privileged to have studied in a school like the one that I was, but I did not take advantage

I spent a whole year in Florida in a military boarding school. I learned to become independent, good grades and it was a wonderful and unique experience. I wanted to go back to my country, I missed my family and wanted to graduate in the school that saw me grow and I did.

Got into College, in Dominican Republic, in the year 2012, but I did not feel comfortable. I was afraid of college and without knowing what was happening I stopped attending. Later realizing that I was going through anxiety and social anxiety, I was terrified of what others might think of me and I wondered to myself why and who I

Perhaps because I couldn’t follow the "normal" patterns student follow. I had to find my way and purpose.

I believe that there are people who must go through this process to find out what really life means to them and nobody knows what it is about completely. Things that we are passionate about, that fulfill us, that drives us. Yes, I lost a lot of time, which is priceless, but I gained peace and sanity. I do not regret that. I learned more than I lost.

And if it is true that the lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success then I am right. This is where my path to success really begins. It is never late to start again. Small things that aren’t so small can have a big repercussion in someone's life. We as human beings need to learn how to be more loving, respectful and compassionate. I am so proud to be who I am today because of this past experiences. I believe almost everybody has had a time in their lives in which they failed, nobody is perfect. Failure indeed can be fundamental to later success, but the expectations of success are not what people think, at least for me, but I certainly know I'm not