Luna, Isabelle A.

Eng13/B1

In this world we are living in, we all have difficulties and struggles that is either going on or has
gone through already. And the only difference or how other people has disadvantage is on how good
they see these dark aspects of life that we experiences. Other people have advantage to it because they
see the benefits and learnings of each failure in which J.K. Rowling also mentioned in her
commencement speech. In her commencement speech, it inspires and relates many people as she
talked about her own experiences and learnings on her journey in overcoming her hardships in life.

J.K. Rowling left many remarkable and inspiring words on her speech that shows how good of a
writer and a speaker she is. One of these remarkable words were “It’s impossible to live without failing
at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case
you fail by default”. It explains how better it is to experience failures or hardships in life rather than not
experiencing it meaning that you didn't choose to enjoy life. Life may be difficult and it cannot be
controlled but having patience to understand every situation may enable us to survive and make this as a
foundation to see the better things. Another advice that J.K. Rowling said was to develop our
imaginations. Developing our imaginations may enable us to see the different aspect of our difficulties. It
may also make us to be creative when solving our own problems. Hearing these kind of experiences from
the others, will give us ideas or different approaches on to sloving things. Also, communicating with each
other will lighten each others burden as it helps us realize that we aren't the only ones experiencing it.

In conclusion, these failures is not forever and is normal to experience. It makes us stronger and
gives us a chance to succeed. Another way of helping the people around us is to understand them as we
don't have the same difficulties and problems.