There are a lot of elements in success. We will never know what made an event successful, or what made an event end up in failure. However, there is only one thing that cannot be changed, and I can believe in. I believe in myself. Believing in one’s power is an important element to be successful. I would like to introduce the reason why I have decided to believe in myself.
I used to be a person who could not believe in myself at all. My way of thinking was negative. When I was in elementary school, I had a chance to run 50 meters on the athletic day as a class representative. Because I was not confident, a strong pressure was squashing me. I was thinking, “What would my classmates say, if I cannot get the first prize?” The day has come. I was standing on the start line waiting for the start cue. I was sweating. Somehow my body was frozen and I had no idea how to unfreeze it. As a result, I failed to get the first prize.
I tried to forget this memory to run away from the failure. 3 years later, I was preparing for the high school entrance exam. The terrible memory came back to my mind. What should I do if my body got frozen again on the day of the exam? The anxious feeling made me fail on the athletic day. The main cause of the failure was that I did not believe in myself at all. Lack of self-confidence draw the picture of the failure in my mind. The image of failure created a fear inside me. This fear made my body frozen. I found out that I need to stop the negative chain in order to pass the entrance exam.
Instead of drawing a negative image, I have decided to force me to image my success. The solution for me to remove the nervousness was to believe in myself. I imagined myself passing the entrance exam, and celebrated by parents, friends and teachers. The day has come. This time, I was excited with the fact that finally I got a chance to make my image come true. Thanks to my positive image, my image came to reality. The entrance exam ended in huge success. Believing in myself and drawing positive image is important to get a good result.
I was kind of person that cannot believe in myself. However, the failure on the athletic day told me a lesson. It is important to believe in myself and to have a positive image toward the things that I am facing. As a result, I could enter Keio Shiki High School. I would like to recall this lesson every time when I bump into something difficult. In conclusion, there is one and only thing that I believe. I always believe in myself to bring success into my hands.