LEARNING FROM AFRICAN PROVERBS. 15% set to #steem-alive 20/09/2021

Hello dear friends happy start of a new week. It's a cool and calm atmosphere and from observation it's going to be a good day. For some time some thoughts have been lingering in my mind with respect to some wise sayings which I learned from my grandpa. He will always say these good African proverbs and explained what it meant. Let's see two of these proverbs and their meanings.

If I were to ask you which one you think is most certain: failure or success, what will your answer be? Good job, if your answer is failure. If failure is something that is more certain to happen, then it's only wise to prepare for failure. That's not being negative. That's being real. You will always make mistakes in life because you will never be perfect in this life. Those who make mistakes are those who try to do something despite the difficulties they face. Those who don't try are mistaken. Don't beat yourself up for making a mistake and don't blame others for your mistake. Be wise and adopt the right attitude to mistakes. The wise learn to fail. The foolish fail to learn. You need to fail forward. To fail forward means to learn from what went wrong. There is a difference between a mistake and a lesson. The moment you learn from your mistake it's no more a mistake but a lesson. The more you learn from your mistakes the less your chance of repeating them. Happy accept your mistake. A mistake done is not as serious as a mistake denied. This proverb teaches us to take a moderate and meaningful approach towards our mistakes as well as those of others, particularly as we seek to work out our success. Do not let the few mistakes you make in life blind or disable you to the unlimited opportunities to make up or build up. Remember you are accountable for every decision you make even those that leads to failures. Just embrace every situation with a positive mind and move forward. Be resilient!

Let's try understanding this one with a small story. An old Indian fable tells a story of a king who had a monkey as his aid and trusted friend. The king gave him everything he needed. And the monkey was respected by everyone in both the palace and among the people. The king trusted the monkey so much that he even gave him his sword to carry for him. Long story short, it happened that one day the king went with his wife into the garden behind his palace to take a walk. After strolling for some time he was exhausted and told the monkey that he would like to take a nap in the garden and that he should not allow anyone to disturb him. Having said this, the king fell asleep. Now, a bee came by and settled on the king's head. In anger, the monkey thought to himself, " who is this animal that wants to disturb my king's sleep?". Then with the sword, in an attempt to kill the bee, he split the king's head! Sad story but with a salient lesson. With a stupid friend, you can't be sure of what to expect but with an intelligent enemy you are sure of mischief. Be sapient!

These two proverbs have so many lessons we can learn from. Let me sight three; patience, responsible and trust. Hope someone got inspired from this sharing.