Failure is an opportunity.
If you blame someone else
there is no end to the blame.Therefore the Master
fulfills her own obligations
and corrects her own mistakes.
She does what she needs to do
and demands nothing of others.
–Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Commentary:
I’ve had a few setbacks this week – good things I was expecting did not come my way. I was originally frustrated until I really thought long and hard about it and realized that the things did not come my way because I hadn’t done the things I needed to do to make them happen. Expecting rewards where none were due, I blamed others and was frustrated.
Blaming others when failure is a result of your action (or in my case, inaction) is a waste of time, energy, and spirit. Focus instead on what you can do to correct your own mistakes, and in those failures, there is an opportunity for growth.
Take the lemons you’ve reaped and make lemonade.
(This selection came from Stephen Mitchell’s translation of the Tao Te Ching
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