Failed

I was just informed of a failure in the advanced interpretation test this march. I have never thought of that kind of thing would happen on me, since so many of my friends gained that certification with ease. The test looked so easy, but now I realized I was wrong. Or in other words, I still have a long way to go.
I have been in a bad mood since heard the unpleasant news, until this morning I read a signature of one of my best friend, ximing, who passed the test last march, that “one excels only through diligence”. He seems to know why I failed. I didn’t pay much attention on that, frankly. I just thought that test to be an easy one.
But after a serious consideration of his words, something sparked. No matter what our goal is, there is sure to be two results, success or failure, be or not be. Isn’t there any other thing to remind? Sure there is something much more valuable. The whole progress of achieving and realizing your dream. Being diligence is an attitude stuff. Nobody really needs any certifications to promise himself a bright future. But attitude itself is a label of everyone, which suggests everything of yourself. The attitude itself is also an important thing to pursuit.
More even, “ one needs to be diligent, no matter what the result comes out to be and whether he excels or not.”