Lesson #3: Failure

As long as we continue to live, we will encounter various experiences that will help us understand more on life. I'd like to quote two sayings for this entry. These are:
"Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success." and
"A failure is a man who has blundered but is not capable of cashing in on the experience."
Basically, what I want everyone to know is that failure is a valuable experience. We do so many things right that we usually not see these as successes, but something like routine. By experiencing failure and learning from it, you will gain wisdom that will be more significant to you than the experience you gain from your daily successes.

Why did I suddenly post an entry of this topic? Well, a new friend of mine recently talked about the betrayal of a friend. I simply told her to learn from this betrayal. Harsh, but that's the way life works as I've observed. Temporarily shifting my topic to friendship, I'd like to share a way of mine. I regard to almost every person that talks to me as my friends. However, I trust them almost no more than strangers. The more I know about these friends of mine, the more I know how much trust I give to them. Bluntly put, I don't give them more trust than they're worth. At least not anymore. Why? To quote a text I've read before, "it is a fact that almost everyone in your life would hurt you; you just have to pick who's worth the pain."

Back to the primary topic. The reason I even discussed the other topic in the first place is simply to share with you an example of the lessons I've learned from other peoples' experiences. Nonetheless, I've my own experiences of failures that I've learned from. But I'll end my discussion here. Class dismissed!