These past two weeks have been rather complex for me on a variety of levels. The most important lesson I learned in the continual re-learning we do everyday in life, is that I remembered how easy it is to see the faults in others.
Everyone makes mistakes. If you choose to do nothing at all, you might think it is impossible to make mistakes. But by virtue of doing nothing, this lack of action can also be perceived as a mistake. On the other hand do too much, and you're bound to increase your probability of making many mistakes big-time. So the conservative strategy of do less is likely in your favor. Do more is quite a risky road to take. No matter which direction you take however, you are guaranteed to make mistakes.
When I was younger, I was obsessed with perfection. Everything had to be flawless. Upon seeing a Master exercise a work with some errors, I would immediately discount his/her work. I realized later how I was fixating on what was wrong versus everything else that was right.
This week is a new week. I have recalibrated myself with the natural resolve that comes on the rebound of experiencing a personal failure. To find faults in others is quite easy; to see them in yourself is close to impossible. In the end, I found myself at greatest fault for not fixing what was inside first, before trying to address what was around me.
I am glad to learn for another day, and to accept all future fault for seeing any faults as a lifetime de-fault.
Posted by maeda at June 11, 2007 09:22 PM