BUILDING OUR FUTURE WITH OUR PAST Picture yourself tripping up in work, life, or love. You’ve made a mistake, said the wrong thing, or didn’t come through with your end of the bargain. You think: How did I let that happen? What a (fill in the blank) I am. I can’t believe I did that, AGAIN. If only I could rewind. These aren’t the greatest feelings—it’s true. However, we live our lives in irony. Though we dislike how we feel having just tripped-up, we continue to beat ourselves up way after the fact. We cause our own suffering. Furthermore, we seem to forget that when we make mistakes, we grow. An atmosphere of growth is integral to happiness. So create happiness by seeing mistakes as true growth opportunities. Although conventional wisdom scream at us to live in the moment, I say we are not just the present moment. We are very much our past in the most rich and helpful way. We can use past mistakes to yield a shiny new perspective and, in turn, create a new outcome. If we allow them, our mistakes can fuel our awareness. In helping us decide how to act and react in a fresh and fruitful way, they can bring us closer to happiness and further away from (causing our own) suffering.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:47:04 +0000
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