Things you should know when your heart is shaken by exam failures or academic struggles

Academic struggles are temporary in the course of life.

The period during which you are forced to study is only a short time, until around the age of twenty.

Once you enter society, you have the freedom to study or not. If you choose not to study, there are still enjoyable lives to be had, and ways to enrich your relationships.

Alternatively, some people study after entering society and apply that knowledge to something useful or pursue a path of culture. The choice of which path to take is up to each individual.

In school, you are forced to study, and scores and rankings are assigned, but that ends once you graduate. Please understand this.

"Good grades" may be advantageous at the "entrance," but they do not guarantee an advantage at the "exit."

While there may be some instances in government offices where rankings continue after graduation, those places live in a world reminiscent of a bygone era, and such things do not exist in general society.

Unlike government agencies where those ranked higher at the time of entry tend to rise in rank, in general companies, the person who scores the highest on the entrance exam rarely becomes the president, and the hierarchy changes rapidly.

Even those in the HR department do not have a particularly high ability to judge people. People you think will not succeed may succeed, and those you think will succeed may fail or quit. This shows how difficult it is to "judge people," and that it is not possible to determine a person's evaluation early on.

Therefore, persist. There are times when a path opens up while you are persevering.

I would like you to know that "when one door closes, another door opens."

From Ryuho Okawa's book 'The Law of Life' open_in_new

If you cannot experience the glory of academics as you once did, I think it is better to build some relationships outside of academics. Create relationships in various clubs or activities away from school.

In such places, I think it is better to see how ordinary people in the world are and to ease your troubled feelings a bit.

Most of the time, people are mistaken. Humans can only think of "themselves within the group they belong to." This leads to the feeling of "I am no good," but when viewed from the perspective of all of Japan, one may actually be quite excellent.

Also, please think that "being first is great, but being last is also great."

Being first in a class of forty is great, but being last is also great. Being first among four hundred in a grade is great, but being four hundred is also quite something. If there are four hundred students, there will always be a first and a last, so it is necessary for someone to take on the role of being last.

Therefore, someone who can say, "I am the genuine last. Because I am here, others can lead happy lives, and I am supporting the bottom," is admirable in their own right.

Those who achieve the best grades and are doing well do not drop out or quit school, but those who are last and still attend school cheerfully are also admirable. They have quite a bit of grit.

Such people have a high chance of succeeding in society after they enter. Because they can live robustly even when trampled on, having reached the bottom of life. In that sense, being last is also quite admirable.

Being last is not something that can be easily achieved. Since the days of the old middle schools, it has been said that "the top of the top and the bottom of the bottom are admirable," and they were respected by others.

Indeed, talent can emerge from the bottom as well. Such people are well-trained.

Currently, there may be people who are last or within the top ten from the bottom, but supporting the bottom is also an important thing, so please endure and live.

Even so, you are more excellent than those who could not enter that school, and you are also supporting the bottom so that others do not commit suicide. Given that, you should do your best to support them.

In life, there are many other paths to live. It is possible to develop special skills in many ways. You can polish your strengths in other paths.

From Ryuho Okawa's book 'The Law of Life' open_in_new

The mindset of thinking "I must be above others in something" is a disaster. It might be okay to have the feeling that "being at a normal level is fine, or even below normal is acceptable."

In the world, everything inevitably takes on a pyramid shape, with fewer at the top and more at the bottom. This applies to studies as well as baseball. In high school baseball, only one school stands at the top at Koshien, while the thousands of other schools cannot reach that peak. This is true in sports as well.

The same goes for music and other fields. Whether you are a singer, an actor, or a painter, it will inevitably form a pyramid. There will always be fewer at the top and more at the bottom. That is how the world is.

"If I do not win in competition with others, I will despair and commit suicide" is foolish. Please graduate from such a worldview as soon as possible.

From Ryuho Okawa's book 'The Law of Life' open_in_new

The teachings introduced in the above video are included in the following book.

From the popular radio program of Happy Science, 'Angel's Morning Call' open_in_new (national network + Hawaii KZOO), we introduce programs from past broadcasts that we hope you will listen to now. (You can listen to it in audio format)

(1) 'Secrets to Shine in Life' open_in_new [Episode 1129]