How not to fall
There are 2 options when it comes to falling in a hole;
1. Fall in.
2. Use your experience, guidance, knowledge and peers around you to game plan a different route to take to avoid falling in the hole.
1. DON’T FALL IN!
It seems like such a simple concept but sometimes it can be difficult to not see it and you’ll end up falling right in anyways. Personally, my parent’s bright idea of teaching us not to touch a hot iron or shut our fingers in the door was to simply let us do it.
You may be asking yourself what we took from that…
Simple, we learned that there are some holes that come along that can be avoided. For example, if you don’t want to fail your history exam, study for it. This leads me to my next point.
2. Recognize that there is a hole in front of you.
Obviously there’s no way to avoid it if you don’t embrace the fact that there is indeed a hole in front of you.
Unfortunately we don’t live in a perfect hole- less world.
Pretending to not see the whole won’t prevent you from falling in it. I would know, I tried that once. See the thing for what it is and come to a realization that it exists.
3. Take responsibility.
Responsibility, a word that some people are scared of or don’t like.
If you can’t take responsibility for yourself, for your actions, and for your life, you might as well live in a hole. I say this because everyone has the choice. No excuses. There’s always a way to protect yourself from falling in a hole. If you have the ability to say “I made a mistake” then you have just allowed yourself to have the ability to do something constructive about whatever hole you’ve found yourself to be stuck in.
4. Make a change.
The only way to stop falling in the same hole is to do something constructive and solution oriented about it.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.
So, what I’m saying to you our reader is that if you keep doing the same things and making the same mistakes over and over and over, you’re defining insanity and you’ll end up in the same holes every time.
5. Walk AROUND the hole.
This is the most important part. Apply all of the changes you’ve made in the previous steps! Make the decision to not fall in the hole, that hole in front of you does not have to be your destiny.
Make the decision to walk on pavement and not to put yourself in holes.
6. Take a different route.
There are so many different roads that lead to success- choose the one that is going to fit your dreams, and goals best.
If you keep falling in holes, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and take a different route.
Everyday should be a new adventure.
