by Dr. Nancy Erb
Fractal Image: Fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is a reduced sized copy of the whole. This depicts the holographic / holistic nature of the human being & the universe. The 5 levels is also based upon this principle
It’s that time of year again. Many of us have created new year’s resolutions. Some (or more) of us have already broken some (or all) of these newly created resolutions. It happens. We had the best of intentions. We had drive and focus. We maybe even had an outlined plan on paper.
If you did fall short on your goal accomplishment, this year let’s do something different. Let’s look at these goals again. This time look at them carefully. Ask yourself some really direct questions such as “is this realistic, is this in my best interest, could my energy be better spent elsewhere”….. and answer yourself as honestly as you can. Base it on YOUR goals for YOURSELF. Do not take others into consideration for this part of the exercise.
Secondly, depending on your answers, its time to either just let it go or to again pick up the ball. Either decision may be difficult as sometimes its very hard to “just let it go”.
If you chose to again “pick up the ball” you will need to continue to re-evaluate it everytime you drop it. Again, ask yourself why you chose this goal and why you chose to continue to keep and work on this goal. Why is this process important? This is important because dropping the ball is not failure. Wasn’t it Thomas Edison (the inventor) who did not define failure as the amount of times his experiments failed? Instead, he believed that his “failures” were all a learning experience —letting him know what works and what doesn’t.
Let’s chose to not give up for as many steps we take backwards we will undoublty still achieve some forward movement. Yes, it may not happen in our ancipated time frame, however if it doesn’t, that’s not failure. Personally, I define failure as not trying at all.
