I'm going through a week of training right now in a treatment modality that has me looking through the eyes of a select few. Realizing that in this world there are so many definitions for normal, I realize that my normal is sometimes abnormal for others. I'm hoping that the majority of my 'normal' is viewed as appropriate and acceptable to most others.
It has been stated that education plus opportunity is the formula for success. It seems that one without the other is liable to bring defeat. Perhaps those initial defeats are what prompted Franklin, Edison, the Wright brothers, and so many others who failed, to persevere and eventually find success. So the equation may allow for a substitution: Experience and Perseverance. My point is just that. The substitution. Any time we find a deficit, that we don't have all the ingredients, we can improvise. Learning from mistakes should cause a realization: Either we do the same action and, as a result, we will expect the same response; or Change the action and get a different response.
I often find myself remembering that, in life, the only absolute is that there are no absolutes. What is generally accepted for the majority will certainly be harmful or rejected by someone. By staying true to our own personal values system and continuously striving to improve, while acknowledging failure and improvising, we can directly impact ours and the lives of others for positive change.
The ways that we make decisions in life generally tend to identify what kinds of people we are. What are we focused on? Why do we act, withhold action, respond emotionally or be silent? Our unique personalities, though similar in so many ways, are an infinite mystery in determining how we will respond in all environments and following various stimuli.
I'll be sharing more in the days to come. Much gratitude and positive energy to you.
Chris
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