Experience
I am tough. Or so I thought I was.
Learning the opposite these past two weeks has dealt a blow to my confidence, sending me back into introspection mode.
When dealing with a weakness, and trying to get better at it, improving yet still not quite reaching the gold standard, can be quite an annoyance that lingers long enough to stab me again and again.
I tried to search for peace in myself with dealing with that weakness. It led me to switch on the memory player in my head to analyse ways to improvise, and for that matter, edges that required trimming, buffering or polishing.
Even though I discovered a few precious quotes to reprogramme the structure of my thoughts at that time, I was faced with that weakness again today. Although not as intense as before, it stifled my confidence for a recurring second time.
I am going to take out the quotes again this time and see to it that I recover from the stab wounds adequately. I’m pretty much responsible for my own recovery.
I will type them out, and reabsorb every single word:
1) Turn wounds into wisdom. - Oprah Winfrey -
2) Dare to be a fool. - Anonymous -
3) Good judgment comes from experience, and experience - well, that comes from poor judgment. - Cousin Woodman -
4) Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want. - Dan Stanford -
5) Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. - Dalai Lama -
