Experience is said to be the best teacher. That statement remains largely true. Through time, this has been proven valid to a large extent, hence the stance maintained by the statement and its usage over time. While formal education could be very useful and helpful and necessary, there's an education that goes beyond the four walls of a classroom. Such an education is powered by life itself and flows smoothly through experiences.
When experience is talked of, it encompasses a whole lot. From the things that shape us and break us, and to the ones that make us whole, or rather how these hard ones make us whole. The journey through life won't be the same if the element of life's experiences is removed. In my part of the world, there's a sense gotten from intellectual exercise, but there's another known as “street sense.” The latter comes from exposure to life's experiences in a large way.
I sit to count and recount what life has taught me and moulded me through the various experiences presented to me in challenges, setbacks, lack, failure and all the rest one can think of. One thing I stand to do is to be grateful. A part of me; and maybe a whole lot of me even, wouldn't be possible today without some of the experiences.
There are things I genuinely learned from experience. I wouldn't really say that they all had a particular singular incident that marked that lesson. It could be a series of little experiences that bloomed later into a wonderful lesson I now hold, and will continue to cherish as I sojourn through life. The experiences were markers and pointers to wonderful lessons that would serve through time.
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The idea of being a one-man army or doing it all by myself wasn't bad at first. Later on, life taught me a lesson from several encounters and experiences that it wasn't the way to live through life, and find meaning, success, and excellence. The need to collaborate, to stretch forth a hand in search of help, and to recognise the undeniable need of others became clear over time from several experiences and encounters.
It didn't just become a lesson to me, but also advice I diligently offer to anyone who seems to be lacking in the understanding of this reality. What did it teach me? Build relationships, build associations, you never can tell where your needed help could come from, or who could need your help as well. Yes, let it be more of a symbiotic not a parasitic relationship/association.
That was necessary to mention. It needs to be a mutually inclusive situation, not a one-sided thing. I guess life taught me much in this respect. So, I've learned to be helpful and seek help as well when really necessary. Funny how this is something that is valuable and resourceful, but could fail to be seen in that light.
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Building good associations/relationships has helped in my education/academics, spirituality, finance, opportunities, and a whole lot. Even being here on Hive is on that premise of a good and well-established relationship. The greatest currency you could get is that of a good relationship. That was something life and its experiences brought before me. Relationships; good relationships are important. We'll need others, and others will also need us.
