it can allow do that to you only if you allow it....
a friend once told me,
"never be afraid of failure. Seek comfort in the fact that you have
done your best, the very best you know how. And if u fail, dun ever
look down on yourself, or blame yourself for it. Seek the truth,
know where the problem lies and redeem yourself in the challenges
to come. If fear comes knocking at your door, dun run, avoid
avoidance. Challenge it. If you fall, stand up and stare straight
into it's eyes and tell it "is that the best you can do?"
well, i guess we must all learn to stand up after failures. the
measure of a man is not by how he can substain challenges and win
every round of it. The true measure of a man, in my humble opinion,
is by how he's able to stand up after each and every failure and
carry on fighting.
god bless...my friend