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Would you rather go through the pain and learn from your experiences or be attentive and learn from other people's mistakes?

wudifu · 46-50, M
Go through pain to learn. Not everyone's pain is the same and it's best to learn first hand
DownTheStreet · 51-55, M
Id like to think i would learn from others first, but you know us humans we often have to make those mistakes ourselves
FarAway · 56-60, F
Absolutely true. It's like we have to feel the heartache then only we will learn, in some cases we don't always learn the first time around.
DownTheStreet · 51-55, M
Yep - and we hold out hope that ours something different, special, and won't end up the same -/ the beauty of hope, the tragedy of delusion ...:)
"You can tell a child a thousand times not to touch the hot stove but it only takes once..."
bowman81 · M
I would rather learn from other people's mistakes...unfortunately I am a bit bullheaded and tend to learn best, the hard way.
SW-User
Learn from my own experiences, it will never happen again !
FarAway · 56-60, F
My thoughts exactly. I am confident in the sense that I try not to let my mistakes repeat itself. I fall, I break then I get up and say NEVER AGAIN
M3JollyMiles · 31-35, M
@Lifeafterlove: There's an old saying; '[b]Sails the boat that bears the roaring sea![/b]...'...☺
billstickers · 36-40, M
no pain no gain
wudifu · 46-50, M
No pain no gain no balls LOL
"The more I learn about others the better I understand myself" 8)
I do both.

But.

Experience is the best teacher.
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M3JollyMiles · 31-35, M
Good Question!...:)

Truth is that life teaches us lessons both ways. What really matters is that one should admit the mistake, learn from it and never repeat it again...☺
FarAway · 56-60, F
Like your thought frame. It not easy but that's how life works
M3JollyMiles · 31-35, M
@Lifeafterlove: Glad that you agree, Madame!...☺

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!...:)
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
It would be easier to learn from the mistakes from otherwise but when you're hard headed you have to endure pain in order to learn more about yourself and others.
FarAway · 56-60, F
I know because that is me.
Most of the time we don't really learn much from theories..
I like reading quotes about life.
FarAway · 56-60, F
If others are experiencing it in front of your eyes how would this be theories?
@Lifeafterlove: because you still don't know how it really goes/feels. Seeing it is basically just grasping/ knowing the concept..which in a sense is just a theory because there are still other things that could happen
FarAway · 56-60, F
Why don't you know?

 
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