Disappointment

I have heard that disappointment, defeat and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. But they are things in this world you rely on like a sure bet; academic credibility for example. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand. It is in those times you feel a sense of loss even though you did not have something in the first place. I guess thats what disappointment is-a sense of loss for something you never had. It will come when your effort does not give you the expected return, if things dont go as planned or when you face failure. Failure is extremely difficult to handle; but those that do, come out stronger. You feel miserable and want to quit, but c'est la vie - it is life. You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically but you will have to rise up and say 'i dont care how hard this is, i don't care how disappointed i am, i am not going to let this get the best of me. I am moving on with life.' There are worse things than disappointment; and i have lived through several of them already.