What’s the difference between five men falling down a cliff the same way?
The answer: How he gets up
The first person… well, he never got up. He was too beaten, even though others can just get up as if it was nothing. But to him, that fall was huge, and he decides to give up there and then.
The second one… Well, he got up, but he whined and cussed, making a big hoo-ha out of it, eventhough he’s getting up with barely any scratches. Plus, he didnt stop whining and cussing when he got back on the road.
The third one… He got up, didnt say much. But he carried the pain all the way around. So when he fell the next time, he just wanted to die, and not move on anymore.
The forth one… Got up and moved on…. Only to fall down the same way, with the same injuries as the last one.
The fifth and final one… He didnt only get up… He got up, missed the next one after learnign from the last, and helps the others to get up… ESPECIALLY the first one.
Now, everyone knows that the fifth one healed the best… But his "injuries" couldve been less, probably because he mustve experienced "falling down" almost a dozen times before this one. This comes to show, that no matter how good, or experienced you might be, you will fall… and will have to get up again to move on. What matters is how you get up, and how you move on.
We can never blame the first one. The first one could just be weak, or his fall mightve been his firs one. whatever the reason, the only way to get him up is not to push him around and ignore him like the dust, but to help him up, care for him, ad teach him what to do the next time he is about to fall, and how to care for himself after falling down.
The second one… Well, someone forgot to teach him how to be gracious after falling down. How to count his blessings that the fall wasnt worst. It’s guys like these i just wanna slap and make sure he makes noise for the right reason, of which i’ll give him…. Dun take things personally… I’m Mark. Others might help him calm down, teach him slowly and patiently… Well you go ahead, while I’ll knock my one out so that he’ll shut up.
The third one is someone i can actually relate to. Especially, if you just got out of one fall, only to fall in the next one moments later. To all the girls i loved before, you mightve done this, but i dont blame you. Its not you, its me. Its how i shouldve taken care of myself properly first before even moving on. I would be a greater fool than the second. Although i still would prefer to knock out the second one… Though i might be biased.
The fourth one? I dun even know where to start. You can neither love nor hate him. If you love him, you might love him on the fact he takes every fall as if it was nothing. If you hate him… Prob because he doesnt learn from the last fall, and extremely oblivious to it.
Now this person is the worst person on the list. Why? Because he is misssing one important aspect of being human, let alone a man of God… He doesnt LEARN! If a man doesnt noe how to learn from his mistakes, or learn at all, he might as well be dead.
So after all the falling down men i said… u prob wondering… wat de heck am i trying to point out?
Hehe.. simple
"When you fall for the first time, learn every step of it. So that you may learn how to even FALL PROPERLY, and heal yourself properly. Your goal is to prevent falling, of course. But when you do, at least you will know how to care yourslef properly, to be ready to move on, and perhaps, get ready for the next fall"
-O Sensei, founder of Aikido, "the art of falling down"-
although falling here is physical… what’s ur "fall"?
-bad break-up?
-didnt make it in a competition?
-failed your parents?
-just failed at something?
-didnt expect this sort of ending?
Just remember, if it doesnt kill, u it makes u stronger. It leaves a mark so that u learn from it, and become a better person. What important is that you try and get up, or ask help when u noe u need it. God Bless all
P.S. If anybody wanna bitch abt stuff simmilar to any of the falls i said, lemme noe.. I’m jus a call away.
