"He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."
Confucius
The more knowledge one have, the more he realise that he knows nothing. And one thing is for sure, one loses his path to success from the moment he loses his aspiration to gain knowledge. Or he just deviates his focus from what he was aiming for. In his unconscious mind there are still those goals that are important for him to achieve but his actions do not complement his wishes. He is thinking about his mistakes and his goals but is physically idle, or he uses his time in things that are not important to him. So, what one requires in life is ASPIRATION.
Aspiration keeps us alive.
Aspiration inspires.
Inspiration releases all possible energy.
Energy employs us to direct and organize it before results are arrived at.
Aspiration for intense employment of energy creates athletic games.
Emotions aspiring for light of self-awareness has created thought and science.
Aspiration of one who can grow vertically leads to horizontal growth.
That is, aspiration will give you direction in life, and inspire you to work. But in order to achieve success, aspiration needs to be complemented by actions and good judgements. And doing actions to achieve his goal, requires a person to try new things & this means you are going make mistakes, something we all fear to do.
Is making mistakes really all that bad? Can we demystify our fear of failure?
Maybe, Einstein can tell us something about mistakes.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein
One can only learn from a mistake after he admit he has made it. As soon as he start blaming other people (or the universe itself) that person distance himself from any possible lesson. But if one courageously stand up and honestly say “This is my mistake and I am responsible” the possibilities for learning will move towards him.
Good or bad, experiences are what help us learn lessons and form a better sense of judgment. Bad judgment seems to stick with us longer as a lesson learned because we really do not want to keep repeating it. Wisdom is the knowledge we can gain from making mistakes.
“Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from poor judgement.”
Admission of a mistake, even if only privately to oneself, makes learning possible by moving the focus away from blame assignment and towards understanding. Wise people admit their mistakes easily. They know progress accelerates when they do.
“Well, we all make mistakes, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.”
Growth starts as soon as we recognize our mistake and how to prevent it from happening again. Everyone makes mistakes in life, this is normal, but how one learn from them is how he develop his judgment. The only way to prevent making a mistake a second time is to learn. If you don’t, you will be making that same error again and again until you are forced to learn.
“Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”
By taking the time to stop and appreciate who one is and what he has achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - one actually can enhance everything about oneself. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give us the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.
So, I try to learn from my mistakes which I made, and my aspiration is to gain knowledge,an aspiration for learning, keeping in mind that just having knowledge without its application does not worth my time. I totally agree with Jiddu Krishnamurti's statement about education and learning.
"There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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