“SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST”

Life is like a race where the fast ones win and the slow ones lose. When it is said "survival of the fittest," you must be brave; you are strong enough to face challenges. But being strong is not measured enough to be able to say you are fit; that's why you survive. Your ability to learn, adapt to challenges, and most especially get up from the things you made mistakes on is based on it. Then, that's when I can say I survive.

Too many things have happened to me where I felt I wasn't good enough. But every time I look back on what happened to me, all I can say is that "Ahh, that happened to me before, and I survived." Looking back at your old experiences, challenges, or whatever, every time you look back, all you can say is that I managed to survive. When you say that, I can assure you that you learned something and you don't want to repeat those problems or mistakes you made because you learned and you didn't give up. It means that you survive despite those small hopes that you have.

Being fit is not a basis for you being perfect, nor are you mistaken that every time you make decisions, they always have a good outcome or their plan is according to what you are expecting. Because for me, being fit, those mistakes you had before—now you're taking it to something you don't want to regret or repeat again because you learned from them. And having that mindset is a great help to assess your self-growth, especially in decision-making. When things are really hard and it seems like all I can say is, "Can we just stop? Or should I give up because I am tired?" I reminded myself that every great achievement comes from great sacrifices. You will suffer first before you can seize the goal or desire you’ve wanted. When things are rough, I pause a while and calm myself to think and take the very first step to keep moving forward.

For me, survival of the fittest is where I learned every day and a well-learned lesson, and with those persons who supported and believed in me, that’s what made me strong and able to fit in this society.

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