I know that there is plenty that I learned throughout my years and of that plenty, there is a great deal that I do not remember and act on. I have been given or shown a good number of things from those that were more experienced than I and yet, somehow I knew better. I was more in tune with what was really going on and those that were teaching were behind the times and really did not know anything. Until, they did.
“13Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.” – Proverbs 4:13 (ESV)
Yes, it is true that we learn more from failure and recovery than just going through things unscathed. I am a proponent of adversity and learning from the mistakes made. What I think is missed a lot of the time is that it does not have to be my mistakes, failure, and adversity that I can learn from. Those that have been there know best. They have experienced it before and have come out on the other side, either conquering and able to share or moving on and knowing now what not to do and able to share.
Too often the site of success is all that is seen and all of the struggles and challenges are missed due to the sheer joy of end result. It is the journey where the learning really takes place. It is in the knowing what to do and what not to do that gives the success that much more punch.
In life there are people that have given freely to others to assist in making it through. I have to remember that which was/is given to me and act on it so as to be better for it. Those giving have the experience and I have to remember that they are providing that experience as instruction for me so that I may be able to avoid some of the failures, mistakes, and adversity they ran into.
What challenges have you come across in life? When you look back, is it possible that someone gave you instruction that would have helped you to avoid those challenges? What if we were to remember and act on the instruction from those that have given freely to us so that we can avoid those challenges?
Trevor's Thoughts 