Right at the second page of this chapter, I was reminded of a saying that I heard sometime long ago. The passage was about how Shackleton embraced Darwin's belief that natural selection leads to perfection even during a time when he was stuck during an expedition because of a blizzard. This gave me a random flashback...to a time I don't really remember but was very memorable (I'm sorry I'm not making sense here). The saying went somewhere along the lines of, "Enough wrong turns can lead you in the right direction". This really touched upon me. It was more than an inspiration. I felt like these words alone could give me hope. Ever since, these words have been something that I've basically lived by.
People say that you have to be optimistic; you have to keep your head up high. But to be quite frank, I find that an incredibly hard thing to do. Looking back to the 19 years of life that I have gone through, I don't think I've met one person who was able to stay purely positive during times of hardships. We have to admit it: We tell everyone around us, "Hey, you know its going to be alright. Just forget about it and move on", knowing that if we were in his/her position, we wouldn't be able to cope with the stress to smoothly either.
We all know that ultimately, since there is almost no way to forget about the current problem, we have to figure out a way to turn that into a positive. I may be saying the most obvious things but I think it was worth reminding ourselves. Even if we keep making the wrong moves, we should know that someday, it will lead us to the place we were always striving to get to.
Nice Post! The saying you mentioned is so touching. I feel like I should keep on going even at times when I just don't know which way to go.
ReplyDeleteHi Joki,
ReplyDeleteThanks for these posts. With this one I like your quotation: "Enough wrong turns can lead you in the right direction." This is very important to keep in mind. This summer with this Global Leadership Studies program I was working on, we had a couple of famous, and very successful serial entrepreneurs talk to us. The main point for them: Failure is important, especially if you do it early and often and you learn and eventually you achieve success.