Yesterday I just scrolled through the status messages of people on my GTalk list and found the following two messages just too apt for the situation
"There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go"
and,
"Time heals it all".
Wondering if this a mere co-incidence or do we just fit them to the situations we are in. I am confused.
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I guess its a bit of both. :-)
But, we do try and fit ourselves to a lot of things. Specially, those two quotes, might seem apt at any given point of time :-D
With the little knowledge I have on life, I will try to comment on the quotes. Please correct me if I am wrong.
1. "There are no mistakes". Every action can be taken in a positive sense.
2. "The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn;".
I think that it is the other way round. We bring upon the events ourselves for the sake of learning, even if they are unpleasant. But funnily, most of our learning happens by events which occur without knowing. This is true for me at least. Unexpected events teach me more than any expected event which I bring upon myself on purpose.
What I read is that there are two kinds of knowledge - rational and intuitive, traditionally associated with science and religion. Rational knowledge comes from the understanding of objects and it is not accurate(arguable). If you want to know more, read the "The Tao of Physics".
What I want to say is that expected events teach the rational knowledge. For example, if I take more projects I get very troubled in the end :) and I learned it by only taking so many projects. Whereas unexpected events like a bad grade for a course, for which you worked a lot, will teach you intuitive absolute knowledge like 'Anything can happen in this world'.
3. "Whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go". Again it is the other way round. We take steps keeping in mind where we want to go.
I think, the point of the quote is that what we learned and where we are are important, and never repent on the steps we took or the events we faced to reach there. Or in other words, "Never repent for the past, but learn from it".
4. "Time heals it all". I don't believe in this. It completely depends on the person. Some people never forget things. The common cause for this is anger and revenge. I know of people who hate me all the time and even if I go near them after years, they will still remember the same things and avoid me. Anger is the root cause for all these. Forgetfulness is the cure. The person who forgets most, I know of, is my sister Shiny. She often gets angry and shouts at me (for I am such a big bugger :P). But the next moment she forgets and if I want to argue that I am right, I have remind her all the old things and explain her that there is no mistake of mine. Sometimes I too forget that she shouted and start pestering her again :P.
I forgot to write about your confusion. The two quotes fit well only when we have achieved something. When somebody is in deep regret, and you tell him/her "Time heals it all", he/she will not believe you. But when he/she forgets everything, then he/she will believe you. Same thing works for somebody who failed to win. If you tell him/her that what ever he/she learned and whatever steps he/she took are just to loose, then he/she will get very angry :P.
I don't see a good relation between the two quotes. The first one is very intuitive. I don't believe in the second one. Time can never bring a dead man back. It can only convince you that any man/woman has to die one day. To me, time can give no hope and I just believe in the present.
I am guessing some of the pearls of wisdom came from the one who put a :) comment. Woman, blog more. See, now I can say that. :P
What I read is that there are two kinds of knowledge - rational and intuitive, traditionally associated with science and religion
Whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go". Again it is the other way round. We take steps keeping in mind where we want to go.
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