the floor, he struggled, he
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up on the stool, with
shaky legs,he got there,
he struggled up!
But getting up there, he clung
to the edge of the stool, he
tottered, and then he did
what we all know about,
he fell back down.
He looked a little sad,
no more big smile because he'd
made it, no, now he had a little
scowl in his face; he'd let
go and fallen and he wasn't happy.
But people around him said, "oh look,
isn't he cute, look he's trying
to get up." Have you heard or
seen things like this?
At eight months old, this is
normal, and we accept it,
at 30 years old, we'd consider
the behavior horrific, especially
if there were no physical abnormalities
to account for the falling down
and crying? We'd think an adult
who fell on the floor and cried
all the time, was horrible, wouldn't
we? Of course we would, because
we know in our hearts how to grow!
Often what we forget as we get cautious with age,
that we fell hundreds, if not, thousands of times,
before we actually turned loose and started walking.
When people talk about immersion as a learning way,
we hear it, you can't really understand wet until
you get in the pool, so true, just looking at the
water doesn't change your skin condition, but
when you get into that pool, what you knew
was wet, is now, your condition. But as you
gain experience, you sometimes gain caution,
as well, and with that, a certain drawing back
from making, mistakes. When the child let's
go of the stool, it's a mistake, his legs aren't
ready yet, his balance isn't ready yet, his
ability to reason about all the difficulties
of standing up, haven't set in place yet,
and he hasn't planned out what he'll do
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then he is in it, welcome to learning, and
welcome to making mistakes.
Imagine if a hero of the proportions of Jon
Huntsman (Recipient of the Medal for Charity
at the "Restoring America Rally" 2010, Wash-
ington D.C.)failed to get up, failed to walk,
failed to learn, failed to grow, imagine if
he'd simply laid down and cried at the hard
nature of making mistakes?
Are you capable of becoming more from anywhere
you are at, to anywhere you desire to be? Yes
is the answer, well, how can you tell that, because
the infant gets up! You've been there, you've done
it before- go back to the basic power lesson of
all life, and walk forward! Because you can!
But as we go bigger and as we go to the real
marrow of this issue- we have to grow, we have to!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g
We are not without hope, and we will never be without hope,
and no matter what, we will keep on making mistakes, hey,
join with us who make mistakes! The mistake makers!
Celebrate growth because it only comes how(?), out of the
mistakes, out of the failures, out of the falling downs,
you see, you don't know what get up means, until you
have fallen down, and every person walking around today
has shared that experience- get up, be a mistake maker
with us!
