Despair is a strong word.
Feeling that there is no hope. Feeling that whatever you did, will never be good enough to be a successful person. I have felt that feeling before. Actually many times.
Failure is also depressing. But one thing that that I am pretty sure about failure is everyone will got their own. So it's something that human will have to deal with. I like to read biography of famous person in order to see what problem they had before and how they cope the problem.
I personally like Thomas Alva Edison. He is a persistent guy. No matter how much he failed, he always wake up and try something new. I always amazed a persistent people.
anyway, I have a friend who works in London.
He is an Indonesian. he actually comes from Porsea, a very little village in North Sumatera.
I knew him because he initially worked in a Japanese company which my father worked there before he retired. one thing that you will firstly concluded about him is : he is a persistent person
He is a typical north sumatera-people : very straight forward-persistent-loudly speaking.
And his story is remarkable. He was actually only uptown boy from rural area in North Sumatera and magically became a downtown boy in London, the most vibrant metropolitan city in the world.
he was not as lucky as we are right now. Initially he was a very village boy. His father is only a farmer. But because his family is really nice to employee, he is hired by company. (My father company has electricity generator in Porsea). But his position was in the bottom of hierarchy. But no, he doesnt want to be that position forever. So, he worked really hard in company. Until his boss know his work and try to give him another position. He worked that hard Until no one will not notice his hard work. So he moved to headquarter office in Jakarta. During that time, he tried to take undergraduate degree and also still working in company.
He said how sad his story is during those periods. he had to wake up in the early morning so he could catch up at work punctually, then in the afternoon, he had to catch up bus so he can go to college. After studying in class and back home, he still had to finish the paper work or study, then wake up earlier tomorrow.It went again and again everyday.
Then he graduated. He want to continue his study into the next level, but he didnt have money. So he must get scholarship. He said he tried so many times persistently applied to many institution. Almost every institution.
He become despair, but no he said. He dont want to be an ordinary person.
Then there is Wesminster University in London. It offered him a scholarship, without thinking furthermore,he took that opportunity. Until he graduated as Master from Westminster University.
Now,he tried to apply to work in finance company in London.
United Kingdom economy now is not as bright as before. There is alot of unemployed people in England. So as non UK citizen- asian - short person, you have slight ( nearly impossible) chance to work in UK,particularly in London. But, he is a persistent guy
He applied to many companies in London, houndreds interviews, but no one want to hire him. But he doesnt lose hope. He still applied to every company in London, until one little company tried to hire him as a employee. Slowly he showed his work until now he is a finance manager in his company. He always joked about "from Porsea to London" .
He is now an executive in London. He afford salary that he could never imagine before. He even treated me to have lunch in a luxury Thai Restaurant in Trafalgar Square, centre of London, near Buckingham Palace, when I met him.
From nothing to something. It is a story worth to tell....
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