Good Morning. It’s a new day! Experience is the best teacher, they say. There are a number of sayings that appear brilliant and logical but are not always helpful to those who live by it. This saying encourages us to remember the things that happened to us in the past, especially the unpleasant things, and to be guided by them in our future dealings. Good advice; but what if it is telling us to drag our past with us wherever we go, and use it as a measurement for the chances and opportunities that come our way? What if this saying is asking you to live in the past? Would you still be excited about it? Experience is “knowledge or practical wisdom gained from what one has observed, encountered, or undergone.” Now let’s be honest; there are a lot to learn from experience. Actually, smart people learn from their experiences but wise people also learn from the experiences of others! It doesnt have to happen to you! On the positive side, experience can equip you to deal with issues in a more intelligent and pragmatic way but unfortunately it can also condition you through fear and make full of negatives thereby restricting you from unleashing your full potential with excitement. Let me advice you to live by expectation today and not just by experience, because experience is limiting and often faithless but good expectation knows no bound and suspects no one. Many people have missed opportunities of blessings and advancement simply because the bad experiences they had prevented from acting in hope and with good expectation in their new encounters. Living by experience makes us overcautious, stereotypical and tends towards over- generalization. Remember, it is possible to have your blessing and promotion from the same spot where you once had a fall. Some people are afraid of accepting genuine love and friendship because they were once deceived, defrauded or ‘used and dumped’. So they live everyday in suspicion, refusing to open up to new people and new experiences; all because bad experiences have reconditioned them, confining them to their little world of fear-induced self-bondage. But you can be free again. Come on…. Have a good and big expectation. Remember, whoever lives in the past has no place in the future! It’s a good morning; have a good day!
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:01:33 +0000
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