“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that do not work.” - Thomas Edison
So anytime we are trying to invent or create something, it's a process of elimination. This is what Mr. Edison and many other innovators exemplified. So in a same way when we are working towards creating an inner atmosphere of love and joy, that also is a process of elimination. Just as a scientist calls his learning process experiments and not mistakes, we can retrain ourselves to refer to mistakes as life lessons. It may seem unimportant but I think what happens is you're subconsciously incepting a certain idea that will lead you to create space between " stimulus and response". Often we are very quick to respond, which keeps us from really tapping into the space.
I think this is a very nice quote because it uses very few words to convey a lot - its what every quote should strive for I guess.
ReplyDeleteWhat really speaks to me is that it actually talks about how we should take a step back and think about what has happened and not about who has done it. Of course, reponsibility for the action needs to be taken, however, the next step of learning from the mistake can really happen if we stop thinking of ownership of the mistake. Assigning ownership is assigning blame. Not much can be accomplished by assigning blame. I mean learning and growth cannot come from pointing fingers.
I don't think anyone really knows when a mistake is going to happen. It's not a planned event. So saying "I told you that you were making it a mistake" is such a moot point. Mistakes just happen. Shoving them under the rug is not going to make them go away. They are a physical reality that has occurred. Whether we admit, accept, take responsibility to convince others doesn't really matter. But when we do this out of our own free will in our own time, just for ourselves, the next step of learning is natural.
Again, love this one Pinki. Thanks for shedding light on it.