I made so many mistakes in my life; wish I had committed some more!
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Growing up we all feel – we should do this and we should do that so that future is secure. Most of these thoughts while you are young comes from your parents, teachers, advisors etc.
I looked back at my own life and I recollect my own life and fond memories of some of the mistakes I did.
When I was very young and in primary school, I used to bunk school and run with friends to swim and to steal mangoes from farms. I got a lot of beating from my parents and teachers. I wish I had made the mistakes to bunking school more and wish I had stolen more mangoes and wish I had climbed more mountains and trees
Every time there was a rain and thunder lightning I used to sneak out once in a while to dance and get wet, I wish I had done it more.
I stole books from Library to read and I wish I stolen more books and read. the library from which I used to steal later got destroyed in a fire.
I played musical instruments when it was time to study, wish I had not wasted my time on history books. I should have danced more and i should have learned more songs.
I used to runaway to watch theater, wish I acted in more of them.I did play in only few of them
I scored good marks in college, Wish I read more poetry, and scored less marks. wish i knew songs of Rumi, Tagore, Bach, and learned less about Hitler, Hiroshima and History.
I was too busy and too stiff during my engineering degree. Wish I had spent more time to fall in love . Wish I made fool of my self more than succeeding at every stage.
I was too busy learning art of management in Ivy league school, wish I spent more time in learning art of awareness.
I made so many mistakes in life , wish I made some more mistakes, wish I had taken more risk than what i took while I was young, wish I did more stupid things, wish i did more heart things, wish I failed more than what i succeeded.
Wish I made fool of myself more than I made my self look smart
If I have my life to live over, I would start little sooner making mistakes that way i will have more time to learn. We are only limited by our need for security and our potential can only be tested in insecurity and in risk.
Meditation can be the biggest mistake you can ever commit, Meditation can be biggest Risk you can ever take, Meditation needs courage to to commit mistakes. Meditation is art of turning mistakes into Miracle.
Love
Suresh
Mistakes are the most useful things in life..
beautiful post…
Love the way you write:)
preethi
August 8, 2007 at 6:29 pm
I love that last paragraph. Its so true. People think Meditation is just about feeling peaceful. But as you say it more about finding transparency. Thanks, nice thoughts
Wendy
August 9, 2007 at 1:42 am
As usual a wonderful post. I like the last sentence about meditation which you write in each of your post .
Anitha
August 9, 2007 at 5:04 am
failures are stepping stone for success. list of mistakes
shows the reason for your success. truly great committment in you
photo is simplly superb
keep up the good work meditation phtography sureshji
praneshachar
August 9, 2007 at 3:02 pm
These are the best thoughts I’ve read in awhile. It applies to most of us, I believe. I could spend hours on your website; my brother is an excellent photographer;he referred me here.
Mary Leigh Nordan
August 11, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Thanks Mary and Welcome to my Blog, Thanks to your Brother and next time please leave your brother’s site address so that I can appreciate and learn from his photos!
Suresh Gundappa
August 12, 2007 at 4:54 am
Dear Suresh,
You are right, I wish I could do above mistake everyday in my life; especially Meditation. As I read “There are no bad or negative experiences in life; only lessons, nothing else”
Love your article and let me start doing mistake from today itself.
God Bless You!
Krunal Dave
August 12, 2007 at 7:38 pm
“Stay hungry, stay foolish.” – Apple’s Steve Jobs advice to graduating college students during his commencement speech.
BadKarmaSD
August 13, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Isn’t it a mistake to regret about past mistakes… (or the lack of them) and this post seems to be doing that! Heh heh just making the mistake of making fun of words
Actually I’m glad you didn’t do any of those things because if you had, you wouldn’t have ended up as Suresh and you wouldn’t have written this blog and I wouldn’t be enjoying reading it and commenting on it now.
On a more serious note, just this morning I was sort of regretting the mistake I usually make on wasting too much of time writing all kinds of things which I don’t know who will ever find any value. When I came across this post in the morning it was perfect timing and made me feel better!
I guess being worried about consequences of mistakes are the biggest factor for a person to be indecisive, to want to cling on to safety of the known without ever plunging beyond it. About meditation, Dr. Paul Fleischman compares it to jumping into a river when he says “Everyone likes the idea of being purified by a dip in the Ganges, but to anyone standing on its banks as it emerges from the mountains at Rishikesh or Hardwar, icy cold and with a dangerous current, there has to be a moment of hesitation, if not outright retreat, before the actual plunge. And so much more with a river that won’t purify you unless it washes you away.”
Sanjay M
August 14, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Short story from maktub from the website of Paulo Coelho
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When the wanderer was ten years old, his mother insisted that he take a course in physical education. One of the activities required him to jump from a bridge into a river. Early in the course, he was paralyzed by fear. Each day, he stood last in line, and suffered every time one of those in front made his jump — because it would shortly be his turn. One day, the instructor — noticing his fear — made him take the first jump. Although he was still frightened, it was over so quickly that the fright was replaced by courage. The master says:
“Often, we can afford to take our time. But there are occasions when we must roll up our sleeves and resolve a situation. In such cases, there is nothing worse than delay.”
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Sanjay M
August 16, 2007 at 1:51 pm
[...] I made so many mistakes in my life; wish I had committed some more! says Suresh, and these were some comments (edited) which unluckily for you I thought of sharing with you as well…  [...]
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August 16, 2007 at 4:41 pm
As Picasso says….”I am always doing things I can’t do; that’s how I get to do them”.
There ARE not mistakes!
seeing
August 21, 2007 at 10:27 pm