And finally, it accepts failure without trying to do anything about it. Next, it’s a mental shrug of the shoulders and a verbal “oh well” that has long-term subconscious repercussions. First, we are saying to ourselves that we can’t do better and get better and that most things happen TO us and not FOR us. The problems with accepting this mindset are several if not many. Too bad it didn’t work out, but I’ll try harder next time.” WRONG! My friend, I believe you, I, and we can and should do better. To say the same thing a different way, here is what I believe the hidden message behind this statement is: “Oh well, I tried. To me, when someone says to live and learn they are making an excuse for why something other than the best happened.

Because it gives us an excuse to stay where we are And as Peter Shilton says, “If you stand still, there is only one way to go and that is backward.” It doesn’t have to be that way. So why am I asking you to not ignore it? Because I think it is a major cause for you and me, and many other people we know, to stay stuck in the same ruts day after day and year after year.

It seems like an innocuous and mundane enough statement that it’s hardly worth consideration. A few that come to mind are, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all, big boys don’t cry, and live and learn.” We could debate and could write about why each of these doesn’t fit in today’s world but for today I want to tackle only the last one. There are a lot of old sayings that I have heard my whole life that I am working on unlearning.

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