Disappointment; everyone has experienced it in their life. Whether it was because of something small like the store not having your favorite candy bar you were really craving or something bigger like not getting that job you really wanted, it happens to everyone. It can strike at any age and anytime and I am here to tell you that as much as disappointment can suck, it is something that everyone needs.

Disappointment and how to handle it is a good thing to learn early on in life. I feel like some of our major first disappointments happen around that savage time that is middle school. Turns out your first major crush doesn't feel the same way? Usually they don't let you down as easily as you were hoping, and all you're left with is a big heap of disappointment and awkward. But everyone got over that crush eventually, right? What about that time when you thought you did really really well on a test and just blatantly failed it? Or the time that your friend was supposed to do something with you but ended up going somewhere else with someone else? You were able to push aside that heap of disappointment and other emotions and hold your head high again and move on. Really, this doesn't seem like something that is pivotal in anyone's life but really these little middle school disappointments help you deal with the bigger ones that come later on in life.

Now you all probably think that I am crazy when I say that disappointment is something that we all need. But honestly, if no one was ever disappointed about anything, what kind of people would we be today? I feel that without disappointment, no one would be able to handle being let down or how to handle certain situations. Disappointment is healthy every once in awhile. It teaches us all a lesson that even though things don't go our way that we can get over it and that being a little sad about something not working out is okay. It also motivates us in a way to strive for something better or to try again. When you apply for a job and don't get it you don't just give up, right? You're disappointed, but it motivates you to try again somewhere else or rewrite your resume and apply again. When you applied for a college and didn't get in you didn't give up on that, right? You were disappointed but you retook your SATs and reapplied. It teaches us to persevere and not to give up. To get up when you've been pushed down. Yes, disappointment may suck, but it is the one thing that we all need and makes us better people.