Disappointment is part of the learning curve. Why do adults forget that?
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Disappointment is part of the learning curve. Why do adults forget that?
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Good question!
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Thanks!
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We have to learn to shrug and say “Well, it’s in the past and we can’t change the past…” (But it still stung when someone I trusted conned me out of a thousand pounds…(I put it down to life experience…) Hey ho.
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Trust is so easily broken. And yes it rankles.
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Good question, Pam. We don’t spare anyone anything by trying to avoid it.
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If we don’t learn about disappointment and failure in our youth we must face it as adults and that can be catastrophic.
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because we keep hoping for a different outcome from the same action?
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Some people never learn.
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We don’t like to doubt ourselves…it’s painful. We already doubt ourselves so painfully by not loving ourselves. How can we add more burden to our hearts š¦
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Those burdens make us stronger.
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They certainly do dear lady š
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Many adults go overboard so their children never know disappointment. They are not doing them any favor, theyāre doing harm.
If weāre never disappointed, how could we ever appreciate the joy of achievement?
As for adults, many of us have become conditioned to āour way or the highwayā mentality.
We need to grow up so our kids can!
Ginger
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I could not agree more, Ginger.
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Thank you Dale! Always comforting to know someone agrees with me.
Wishing you a relaxing and satisfying weekend.
Ginger
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Oh, I often agree with you! I just don’t always say it š
As for relaxing – not gonna happen. It’s the last effort to remove everything from my main floor into the basement, move my son into his new apartment and ready for the demolition/renovation. Nuts, I tell you, Nuts!
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We can learn so much from children if we would only pay attention.
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Well said dear lady š
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Yes, why?
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By shielding others we don’t allow them to learn from the lessons we did.
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Exactly!
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I always say disappointments or “failures” are but ways of teaching us. Everything is a lesson. You don’t learn from success, you learn from struggle.
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I truly believe that.
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Of course you do š
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Hahaha! Now itās my turn to totally agree with YOU! Well said. If thereās no struggle, thereās no appreciation for your achievement.
Ginger
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Haha! Love it. š
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Excuse me is there a real adult in the room ? Act your age is not always a request for success ! And I will spare you the line about learning in Kindergarten…
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Some days I absolutely refuse to adult!
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Quite a few of them seem to have forgotten how to ‘adult’ these days.
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They certainly do act like spoiled children.
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