Experiences – good or bad – are an essential part of our life. When it is good, it enriches our life, when bad, it is a lesson worth learning. In either case, it has a purpose, which is for our good.
Real experiences are mostly those who through our choices and our making, are those which pleases us and enhance our lives, while the bad ones are those, which often catch us by surprise as something we call “bad luck.”
The former makes us happy, the latter causes us sorrow, but viewed from an acute perspective, one must admit, that the bad experience is ultimately of greater and more lasting value than the good one.
It only gives us temporary satisfaction or happiness, while the other, because of its adverse and often painful result provides lasting benefit from “the lesson learned.”
For example never to repeat the same, because the future recognition of the actual danger, temptation or outside influence that lured us into the situation in the first place.
For this reason, such experience is not worth lamenting about or feeling sorry for oneself as a consequence; but recognise and accept the benefits of the lessons learned!
The experience itself, which then is best forgotten, and the learned wisdom of it kept in mind with a cheerful and fearless approach to tackle any future one, of a similar nature, with the right attitude and even gratitude towards its useful lessons!
This way its “sting” is soon forgotten, and what follows, is met with a new and optimistic approach which, after all, is better than only seeing the opposing side.
Which is mostly due to not “getting what one wants” or expected to get, and the lasting disposition of feeling sorry for oneself!!
Unfortunately, the bad experiences are usually more of in a lifetime than good ones, mostly due to the fact, so terrible memories linger around longer than good ones, because we take the latter too much for granted and are therefore is met with less appreciation and thus is easier forgotten.
Right or wrong experiences are what makes life worth living. And an uneventful life makes life dull and unexciting,
for experiences – are, after all, the spices of life.
Author: Y. A. Eden