Practice This

There is no use in concentrating on something negative that happened. It’s happened. It’s gone. It is in the past. I observe too many people concentrating on “how bad it was” thing and depressing themselves and those that surround. Reminds me smoking – same effect. 

It is natural reaction to blame the whole world or yourself for failures. I used to do it too. It ate up my energy and motivation. It drained me.

I decided to change my practice and think of my failures as of dry facts. I look at this with ease and analyze. Why it happened? What I learned? What should I stop doing, start doing, or change?

The result of such simple practice is that I can anticipate similar failures and get prepared or even avoid it.

Reminds me aikido – “Aikido emphasizes joining with an attack and redirecting the attacker’s energy”.

Consider failure as your attacker and redirect its energy for goodness.

“Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.” – Hans Selye