LOL!! They have to believe it was a mistake for that to work...especially if they deny that they were at fault in some way and it was not just some cosmic imbalance that caused it ;)
Hmmm, it would seem he hit the overhead limb. You'd think common sense and looking ahead would have been enough so that there was no "first" time in this situation. Funny how far common sense and looking ahead can take us........if we'd just use it.
Great thought....we have to watch out that we don't make the same mistake the third time. I think the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expect a different result! HA HA!!
Of course, as you know, I, personally, am remakably uncanny. Having a marvelous malediction for making mistakes, I can usually recognize them about the same time I finish exclaiming, "uh-oh".
Thereby, considerably beating experience and rendering it irrelevant.
I recall Jacques Cluseau (Peter Sellers) in one of the French Detective movies where he attempted to sit on the sofa and fell on the floor. When getting upright, he said, "I meant to do that." My favorite line when making a mistake. If only I could remember it then, but it happens too often.
Now, as for my poor, wretched big brother (still residing on the coast of Maine, year round), his own experiential learning lies much in exodus, given the fact that he is now on his fourth marriage. Uh-oh!
The real pity comes when the mistakes of others cannot be translated for others to benefit because we all have that little interior voice telling us that just because little Johnny fell while standing on his bicycle's handlebars that this won't happen to us because we have better balance. Even the most laid back and calm people take chances they should not in very quiet ways that they know they should not try and they still feel violated and used in that their intellect and good judgement have left them vulnerable. I am "hard-headed" and a Scorpio so I often refuse to believe the results of the first mistake, preferring to run the test again to see if the results are the same so I am one of those more laid back ones who are still compiling and analyzing the results of the mistake instead of going on to commit other life mistakes but I'll get there...
Save for tomorrow. Live for today. Learn from the past. If we don't learn from our past, we keep making the same mistakes. If you fall off that horse, get back on and learn to ride without falling off.
The trick is to learn from other people's mistakes. We make plenty of errors on our own, we don't need to repeat the failures of others.
On the other hand, every success is built on a firm foundation of failure. Edison is a good example. But the examples in sports are even more obvious. Just think how many shots Michael Jordan had to miss in order to become a great basketball player.
The second I saw it I knew it had happened to me over and over. But when I tried to pick one memory out of the pile it dissolved. I should have a dozen examples and can't find one ... which means I didn't learn much and, whatever they are, will probably do them again :)
I like the definition of insanity being ,"Doing something over and over thinking the next time the outcome will be different." I know there has been too many times I repeated a mistake especially with my former wife and my children.
"I am "hard-headed" and a Scorpio so I often refuse to believe the results of the first mistake, preferring to run the test again to see if the results are the same "
Interesting point, Donna.
Also, you raise the point that sometimes we don't learn from others because we don't think what happened to them will happen to us (though probably not the real reason).
Learning from other's mistakes is a shortcut in life. Nice when you can take it but not necessary.
"every success is built on a firm foundation of failure....think how many shots Michael Jordan had to miss in order to become a great basketball player."
Good point, Larry, AND how many steps you had to take to learn to perform that most delicate of balancing acts we call walking.
This one makes me think of my children or close friends, watching them ride full tilt toward something that will derail them and never even slowing down.
Sometimes I drink too much wine or beer and end up feeling sick and insensible. On such occasions I always make a vow: "Never again" - unfortunately, and I suspect one or two of your readers might identify with this, the wisdom gained tends to vaporize after a while.
You bring up some other interesting points. We certainly don't want the fear of making a mistake to get ingrained because then our elarning and growth halt.
Maybe what we're looking for is not making the same mistakes again.
Very true, we learn by making mistakes. Then, when we come across the same or similiar situation, experience tells us what to do, and then some listen and some do not.
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I didn't recognize mine till the third time! Or was it the fourth?
Now, I feel like a shiver, looking for a spine to run up.
What a great line, Willa.
Thanks.
Of course, we all know the definition of insanity, right?
Which definition of insanity were to referring to?
(HINT: There's more than cute hidden here.)
Of course, as you know, I, personally, am remakably uncanny. Having a marvelous malediction for making mistakes, I can usually recognize them about the same time I finish exclaiming, "uh-oh".
Thereby, considerably beating experience and rendering it irrelevant.
If you fall off that horse, get back on and learn to ride without falling off.
On the other hand, every success is built on a firm foundation of failure. Edison is a good example. But the examples in sports are even more obvious. Just think how many shots Michael Jordan had to miss in order to become a great basketball player.
Nice one John!
Keep doing "I'm always asking myself "What's the Lesson in this?" and you'll do well.
(Sorry, it's early, no coffee, couldn't help myself)
Thanks.
Why do I feel there's a message for our government in that?
Great thought, Jan.
It does raise the question of whether we are talking about a "mistake" in that circumstance.
"Others I've learned not to make by watching other people make them."
That's an important point and another aspect to this Byte.
Thanks.
Great definition, K D.
Might be a definition for "denial" also.
Nice build, Vic.
Not sure I can go along with your conclusion that "considerably beating experience and rendering it irrelevant."
And a good line it is, Shirley.
An earlier Byte said something to the effect that "a problem you're not willing to work on solving may be a problem you want to keep."
OK, Lisa, that's allowed.
Thanks.
Interesting point, Donna.
Also, you raise the point that sometimes we don't learn from others because we don't think what happened to them will happen to us (though probably not the real reason).
Learning from other's mistakes is a shortcut in life. Nice when you can take it but not necessary.
Very funny, Jill. Thanks.
A good statement, LaRue.
Good point, Larry, AND how many steps you had to take to learn to perform that most delicate of balancing acts we call walking.
Definitely true, Elaine though you have to be careful not to use that too often for wriggle room.
In that case, I'm confident you'll think, "Wait, I've been here before."
In such cases, hurt feelings are, ironically, often the objective.
and Jerri has a point that "sometimes it takes the second mistake to realize that the first was a mistake too."
I remember one playoff game against my beloved Celts. MJ had 60 points in a losing effort. Maybe his teammates were the mistake that night, uh-oh.
Other powers in the universe are at work here.
You bring up some other interesting points. We certainly don't want the fear of making a mistake to get ingrained because then our elarning and growth halt.
Maybe what we're looking for is not making the same mistakes again.
Gotta be a message in there somewhere.