Don\’t let one bad experience stop you from trying something again

Security is one thing that we all look for in life. A majority of us trying to look for all things secure, opt for jobs offering us that security. Only a handful of try the route less taken and those who do have a more fulfilling life than the rest of us.

But how secure one wants to play in life? I have a friend who parked his vehicle a kilometer away thinking the place he was going to will have a parking problem. But that without checking out if there was one. He relied on his past experience and did that.

On the other hand there was another acquaintance who started late for a meeting thinking it will start late and end late as usual. Again going by his past experience.

But both were wrong on that given day. There was no traffic and ample parking space and the meeting lasted just ten minutes.

Would their life be different if they had not allowed their presumptions to cloud their view? If my friend first visited the place and checked if there was any parking problem, he would have been pleasantly surprised. His approach would have been to things ahead in the day would have been different. Same applies to the second case.

We often judge people and situations based on our previous experience. But there are chances, like stated above, that our predictions fall flat. We always judge on the basis of our bad experience in any situation.

I am quite sure the two gentlemen above will do the same thing again next time too for we always take something good happening to us as an aberration. But this comes from experience and also from our mindset.

Take another situation. A friend of mine was having a bad day with his boss. He tried his best to stay in the job and fight it out. He finally quit. Tried something else which did not work out. But he did not give up. He continued his fight. Today he is doing quite good. Again it was his attitude which made him what he is today.

As they say it is how you look at it: glass as half full or half empty. So here\’s to the glass half full. Enjoy.