#349: Good riddance 09!

Good grief! It’s the end of 2009.

No, no, that’s not right. Let me try that again. Good riddance 09!

But wait, we shouldn’t be too quick to kiss it goodbye. If we don’t learn from it, its unlearned lessons will be back. And then George Bernard Shaw will be right in saying that ‘We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.’

So, play it safe. Look back, but look wisely. Hindsight is useless at changing history, but it can be used to help you create a better future.

Use hindsight to see how life happens to you, how your life tends to unfold. This understanding can help you to create a better future. But you must act on this understanding, because it is only through doing, through action, that you gain experience.

And experience is hindsight with enough bite to influence the future. Now we’re ready to say it: Goodbye 09!



I’m James McIntosh at nonsenseatwork.com

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