Resilience Vs Perseverance

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While growing up, I have struggled with accepting that failure is okay due to having the desire to feel accomplished in anything I attempted. When I was not able to carry out what I intended, I felt the need to give up. Experiences such as these have consistently occurred in my life and have taught me about resilience and perseverance. Resiliency is a significant value to me because whenever hardships have struck me, they have taught me to be buoyant and keep persisting through. When I first began playing soccer, I wasn’t as strong of a player as the others. This ultimately led me to feel inferior to my teammates, and lose passion in the sport. Rather than being rational, I would blame my inability to perform on my teammates and coach. I would