{"id":32,"date":"2010-11-03T22:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/simplyjith\/2010\/11\/03\/confused-reflections\/"},"modified":"2010-11-03T22:49:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T22:49:00","slug":"confused-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/simplyjith\/2010\/11\/03\/confused-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Confused Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loadedbrush.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/shadow-and-reflection.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"256\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loadedbrush.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/shadow-and-reflection.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><i>Posted: Today<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><i>Recipient: Me&#8230; <\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, I want to write about transforming what we view as failed  experiences into valuable fodder for our future success.  Naturally, it  is never pleasant to experience failure, but that does not make it a bad  thing. As hard as it may seem to believe, there are benefits to  experiencing failure. We can learn valuable lessons from these experiences that can  benefit us in the end.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">It is important for us to look at our life situations from different angles, by finding opportunities  and learning lessons when things don&#8217;t come out as planned. I wish to elaborate on this point, by narrating a short story.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;&#8230;her hope was to become a fantasy novelist, but that dream was  compromised when every agent and publishing house she contacted  rejected her first novel.  When I first met her, she was in a  frustrated and dejected place. So, my advice to her was to keep trying and to also explore other ways  to utilize her writing talents.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">She decided, she needed to take a break from focusing on her  novel, so she put it away and began volunteering at a local children&#8217;s  hospital.  She became a storyteller and made up all kinds of fantastic  adventures to entertain the kids in the children&#8217;s ward. She was well received as a storyteller and was soon writing  her stories down to share at other local hospitals.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Interestingly, this gave way to a very promising career in the area of writing and publishing. She became a very  fulfilled and successful children&#8217;s author and is now very happy that  she &#8220;failed&#8221; at writing fantasy novels.  Her story is proof that not  only can failed experiences encourage us to be more flexible and  determined, but that they can also point us in the perfect direction&#8230;&#8221; <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">I hope this story will remain with you so that the next time  you feel yourself struggling with the idea of &#8220;failure,&#8221; you will think  differently about it.   When you open yourself up to the gifts the  universe brings, you can find amazing opportunities. Give yourself a pat on the back for  moving along the right path to success and keep&nbsp; moving on until you get it  right. Reflection is a transformation of what is&#8230;into what it is truly meant to be&#8230;I understood my reflection&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">sincerely,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Me&#8230;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Today Recipient: Me&#8230; Today, I want to write about transforming what we view as failed experiences into valuable fodder for our future success. Naturally, it is never pleasant to experience failure, but that does not make it a bad thing. As hard as it may seem to believe, there are benefits to experiencing failure. 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