Acting vs. Reacting
Short Note: Was hesitant whether to bring back the laptop at work, when leaving office just now at about 8pm. But I told myself, 4 more hours only to drive home, shower, get some leisure then sleep. Should spend some time reading and blogging. This is a hard and tiring week for me, but I enjoy it when knowing I'm learning a lot from the tough moments.
Sometimes we just need to take responsibility for ourselves and our actions. As much as we might like to think that we were only REACTING when Such and Such did So and So, there is a real freedom which comes with being frankly ashamed at what we've done.
For one thing, admitting we did something "bad" is the first step on the road to not doing it again. This really won't apply to most people, but if it applies to you, be aware that by using recent events as a path on which to travel will see you being released from a situation which has seen you feeling bad about yourself. And that surely has to be a good thing.
The above piece of saying seems to be a wisdom, right?
It's not written by me, of course. Am fortunate that I had the chance to read, capture and share here. They are already gone from the page, when another new day just starts in Australia.
The original author is Yasmin Boland, and the writing is sourced from the Horoscopes page of Yahoo! Australia, for the day of 27 Feb 2008.
Sometimes we just need to take responsibility for ourselves and our actions. As much as we might like to think that we were only REACTING when Such and Such did So and So, there is a real freedom which comes with being frankly ashamed at what we've done.
For one thing, admitting we did something "bad" is the first step on the road to not doing it again. This really won't apply to most people, but if it applies to you, be aware that by using recent events as a path on which to travel will see you being released from a situation which has seen you feeling bad about yourself. And that surely has to be a good thing.
The above piece of saying seems to be a wisdom, right?
It's not written by me, of course. Am fortunate that I had the chance to read, capture and share here. They are already gone from the page, when another new day just starts in Australia.
The original author is Yasmin Boland, and the writing is sourced from the Horoscopes page of Yahoo! Australia, for the day of 27 Feb 2008.
2 comments:
"So, there is a real freedom which comes with being frankly ashamed at what we've done."
Why should we be ashamed of our mistakes? Shouldn't we be proud of them instead?
3.8, my point of view is - we need to be aware of our mistake, only we'll try not to do the same in the future. this process is perhaps equivalent to the said "ashamed".
for myself, i don't feel very "proud" of it. but sometimes i do feel lucky that i made the mistake early in my life, instead of later.
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