Sometimes we fail to decide, act, in essence do. We toil through decisions as if they threaten to kill us. Then after making a minute decision we over analyze how this decision affects the larger outcome of life negatively. We worry that this small decision somehow brings us down, degrades us if you will. However, life does not involve over analysis. Over analysis is the need for perfection, and lets face it we are not perfect.
Humanity thrives by making mistakes. That is how we learn. Or is it? Ironic how the same type of mistakes continue to be made over the vast span of time. People continue to rage over meaningless bull shit. Children continue to abuse privileges gained by parents, while parents continue to doubt their children and their crazy ideas. Wars are still made over power, control, and money....well maybe we should just say oil. Religious riots forever plague our planet.
Therefore, even though we learn best by making mistakes, these mistakes must be made by every generation. If we ever sit down and talk to an older individual about their life during the younger years, if they are honest, they will tell us that they made the same mistakes we do. We all learn the hard way at some point or another. Some learn this way more than others. In talking with my father, we both made the same mistakes, reacted in the same manner, and were hot-headed and stubborn in similar situations. Its almost as if we were the same person, just a different point in time. No I am not a delayed clone of my father, but I do have some of his genes. Humanity is related. We make mistakes and find out reality and life through this manner.
Finally, this lack of perfection tho very real leads us to try and deny our faulty nature. We believe that by somehow delaying certain decisions, we are escaping failure. However, not only are we escaping failure, we are escaping trying. To not try, to delay a decision and over analyze is to cripple learning. The last baby bird to jump from the nest learns to fly at a quality less than his peers (however if his athletic skills are superior this may not be true- ha, ha). Regardless, if we all must make mistakes to learn, those that have made the most mistakes have learned the most.
Mistakes necessitate action. Action necessitates decision. Decision necessitates quick thought. Pain and falling down are real. Reality. :)
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