Pressure

Have you ever had that feeling?

Like you need to accomplish something, but you’re too afraid to let everyone down.

Because you know that they have high expectations of you.

Maybe you were always one of the brightest or maybe they just invested a lot in you.

So you failing would be the least they would expect.

That feeling is called pressure.

When you’re under too much pressure you are so focused on how not to fail instead of how you can be successful.

You are constantly thinking about how it would be if you failed. How would the world react?

Would you be the disappointment?

When you’re under so much pressure you can easily fail.

The thing you did not want at all will come right on your path.

The reason? You didn’t handle the pressure very well.

There are a lot of people out there, especially young ones, who are under a lot of pressure.

Afraid to let their family, friends and sometimes even themselves down.

The one thing these people need to know is that failure is not a bad thing.

No one can judge you if you know that you did the best you could do.

Everyone has their good moments and their not so good moments.

And after all nobody is perfect. So why do you have to be?

So put away those unhealthy fears and try to be the best version of yourself.

That version that will succeed, make mistakes and even fail sometimes.

But hey! It is okay! After all you are human!

Love,

Carol

Written in 2011