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Originally Posted by Adam  I especially agree with Erin. I accept that everybody is learning, including myself. My brand of spirituality helps me out quite a bit on this, as I believe that we choose the lessons that we are to learn while in a spiritual perspective, and that we can try each lesson again until we get it right. The ability to fail in any endeavor is an opportunity learn, and the only real failure is when we don't take that opportunity. Being angry isn't sliding backwards along the scale of consciousness, it is a lesson on how it feels, what it takes to be angry, and how to pull yourself back out of it. Perhaps further down the line, you can help someone out who is feeling angry so that they can learn how to pull themselves out of it as well... so would being angry now be a failure, or just a potentially useful lesson? |
Wow, what an insightful, empowering way to look at things. I found that particularly helpful -- thanks Adam!
I will point out something, though:
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Originally Posted by Adam The ability to fail in any endeavor is an opportunity learn, and the only real failure is when we don't take that opportunity. |
I'd argue that there really is no failure at all, since even in our deepest, darkest moments, failure is yet another lesson on how it feels, what it takes to fail, and how to pick yourself back up again. Perhaps further down the line, you can help someone out who is failing so that they can learn how to pull themselves out of it as well... so would failing now be a setback, or just a potentially useful lesson?
