It seems funny that the longer we live, the worse we might feel before its over. It is certain that there will be something that doesnt turn out like we planned or something that we didnt handle well or even worse, we have been mishandled by someone else. Lets face it; nobody's perfect. We tend to judge everyone else on what they said but ourselves on what we intended. Hmmm...what if Ted Bundy only meant to knockout a few people....but thats not what he did, was it...I see you understand. Even knowing that fact about ourselves; we still despise anyone who crosses us. We hate to see ourselves in a bad light. We hate to fail or at least for ANYONE ELSE to see us fall short. Imagine being an olympian dropping a stick in a relay.... Someone once said "A lesson earned is a lesson learned." Thats a powerful statement and earned aint necessarily pleasant. In fact, typically it isnt! Failure is required for our improvement. Through failure we discover so much more about ourselves and the people we have casually surrounded ourselves.
That may sound bleak; but I assure you it isnt. Think of the seed that dies only to give birth to a beautiful flower. Think about how many failures occurred before Bell or Tesler were successful with the telephone or the light bulb.... Its ok if you fail; make sure you take the lesson you earned and keep moving. Mud only hardens with time; locking the print in time and the mind in prison. Its much easier to get out of the mud while its wet.
Momma said dont touch the stove a thousand times; but I only had to burn my hand once!
1 comment:
Snuck one in on us, eh? Great blog, Maximus. There's no such thing as a villain in the background twirling his mustache trying desperately to be evil. Everyone thinks they are doing the right thing, or at the least can justify their actions in their own minds. Nothing is more frightening.
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