I have an issue with learning my lesson. Sometimes it's a good thing, other times it's bad. I'm sure other people out there can relate to this issue. I'm stubborn, determined, and taking no as an answer is not my style.
Have you ever been through a tough patch and thought you'd never end up there again? And then of course you're there again wondering to yourself why you let yourself get there? That happens to me all the time. Some lessons are just not learned the first run through.
I'm not talking about any specific situation for anyone who may know me in real life. I'm just going on another one of my tangents. But go ahead, keep reading. As usual, I make a point eventually.
And this brings me into the greater spectrum of what I want to hit I guess. Two points. The first is perhaps the most important. For every event in your life you gain an experience. You learn from the sums of these experiences. Weather it be a lesson actually taught by a teacher, or learning the hard way that getting a swift kick to the ass is not pleasant. But still, you have learned something.
I like to say that for every tough lesson I have, I come out a better person. I can respect myself more knowing that I have been there, done that. Even the worst of situations, once you're through them, you can look back and say to yourself: "Man, that fucking sucked. But I made it. What now?" If you can look back, feel proud of yourself for surviving, and have a good laugh about it, you've made it out. You've become better. Weather or not you know it, you've mastered another challenge.
Getting there brings me back to where I started in a fashion. Although I may have mastered a task, I still may find myself there again, doing the "same shit different day" routine. And this is the second point. Testing yourself. Proving your metal in the heat of combat so to say. I am a confident person, but there is nothing better than proving yourself right. Winning. So when that test comes, because you were too stupid in the first place to avoid it usually, take it by the horns, flip it on it's back, and proceed to ass rape it. Once you're done, now you know for sure the first time was worth it. Worth all the challenges, all the difficulties, all that strife.
My grand point is, that no matter what you go through, it's always, always better at the end.
--The Blogging Gerbil
AKA Sean
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So you're saying that whenever you come across a challenge, you should rape it? Does that include the challenge of getting a girlfriend?
ReplyDeleteIn seriousness, I guess I can agree with the point you're making. Good or bad, experience is experience. Something has been learned.
I personally would argue that some lessons are not worth the cost involved in learning them. Learning that a swift kick to the ass hurts ends up costing you a sore ass.
In the end, I still see your point: You should always learn from your experiences just in case the same challenge arises. The first time you might fail, but the next time you'll "rape" it.
To your first question... Metaphorically rape it. Your second... I don't imagine it would help.
ReplyDeleteIn the broad meaning of things, I mean give it your best shot, no matter what.
To your third paragraph, I say you may not always have a choice in the matter of the experience. To draw on my own experiences, getting dumped. I've only been dumped by one person out of the many I have dated, but I know I'm a better person for getting over that person.
And yes, you do get the point. No matter what it is you do, you learn from it.