“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein
I’m learning to be patient with life for the first time in my life since at least adulthood. I have been the kind of person who would try something new for a few weeks or months and then give up to pursue something new. Not that this is bad, at least I’m into trying new things but at this point in my life I am ready to master some of these “new” things by sticking with them and progressing beyond my typical limit which is usually when I discover that I can do it, even if not terribly skillfully, but the doing it part has always been good enough for me. I wonder if this is not something similar to people who are too afraid to venture into awkward territory and try something new.
Think about it, take bulimia, anorexia and exercise addictions. Variations on a similar if not the same theme, right?
So in my instance, instead of trying something new to really master it, I try it and then drop it like a hot potato for my next something new. Did I even get to a point where I can look back on my efforts and say, I made a mistake if I don’t allow myself to get beyond learning about learning the process? I mean is it really that different from the person who never tries anything new? Maybe, but I’m trying something new by sticking with the new stuff I’m trying these days! Happy Rosh Hashanah everyone!
It’s the new year!
That’s all fine. What, however, do you think about Obadiah Shoher’s criticism pf Rosh Hashanah as aholiday that has nothing to do with New Year? Here, for example http://samsonblinded.org/blog/petty-paganism.htm
Being not of the Jewish faith nor lineage I really can only say that I am no authority in the matter. I don’t know up from down about Shoher’s criticism. But I do know there are people out there who are operating strongly from an ego based mind and love when they piss people off. The easiest way to do that is to attack another person’s beliefs, faith and heritage.
I would however, like to repeat something that my favorite philosophy instructor used to drill into us day in and day out, which is that nothing is ever formed out of a vacuum. Just as all of humanity has it roots in one point of departure, so do all religious faiths to some degree. So in my opinion we all came from the same cloth and if one person sees red where another sees blue, I decidedly have to choose not to be bothered by the difference and walk away.
Thanks for the reply!