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Learn and reflect (3)
'Happy is the man who ... gains understanding.' Proverbs 3:13
There's a story of a fox, a wolf and a bear who went hunting together. After each of them caught a deer, the bear asked the wolf how they should divide up the spoils.
He said, 'Everyone should get one deer.' At that point the bear ate the wolf. Then the bear asked the fox what he thought. The fox offered the bear his deer, and suggested the bear ought to take the wolf's deer as well. 'Where did you get such wisdom?' asked the bear. 'From the wolf,' replied the fox.
The school of life offers many difficult courses. Some we sign up for, others we find ourselves taking unexpectedly. All can teach us valuable lessons, but only if we desire to learn and are willing to reflect on these lessons. Also, not learning from experience is more costly. It's tragic to pay the price for experience and not learn the lesson. But that's often what happens.
When an experience is negative we want to run away from it and say, 'I'll never do that again.' No, don't run away from your experiences; instead, evaluate and learn from them.
People who make it a practice to reflect on their experiences and learn from them are rare. But when you meet one, you know it. 'Cry out for wisdom, and beg for understanding. Search for it like silver, and hunt for it like hidden treasure' (Proverbs 2:4 NCV).
written by Bob Gass
'Happy is the man who ... gains understanding.' Proverbs 3:13
There's a story of a fox, a wolf and a bear who went hunting together. After each of them caught a deer, the bear asked the wolf how they should divide up the spoils.
He said, 'Everyone should get one deer.' At that point the bear ate the wolf. Then the bear asked the fox what he thought. The fox offered the bear his deer, and suggested the bear ought to take the wolf's deer as well. 'Where did you get such wisdom?' asked the bear. 'From the wolf,' replied the fox.
The school of life offers many difficult courses. Some we sign up for, others we find ourselves taking unexpectedly. All can teach us valuable lessons, but only if we desire to learn and are willing to reflect on these lessons. Also, not learning from experience is more costly. It's tragic to pay the price for experience and not learn the lesson. But that's often what happens.
When an experience is negative we want to run away from it and say, 'I'll never do that again.' No, don't run away from your experiences; instead, evaluate and learn from them.
People who make it a practice to reflect on their experiences and learn from them are rare. But when you meet one, you know it. 'Cry out for wisdom, and beg for understanding. Search for it like silver, and hunt for it like hidden treasure' (Proverbs 2:4 NCV).
written by Bob Gass
