Freedom?

June 28, 2008

Freedom is not woth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
- Mahatma Ghandi -

Wonderful quote! When we make mistakes, we land hard and feel the pain. It’s often our incentive to find ways to never experience that pain again. So, we adjust, we learn and move forward. Of course, once and a while we fall back again, but still we have the courage to move on. Most of the time this results in great progress again!

If you are not allowed to make mistakes, you direct your energy to what you know, to what is safe and secure. This means that there is no room for exploration, research or innovation.  Playing around, having fun and making mistakes are no longer part of your life. Your learningcurve is reduced to void. This woud be a life without freedom for me, so Ghandi is right!

By the way, who’s perfect? Right, everyone makes mistakes!

Enjoy every day,

Bert Verdonck
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Choose your attitude

June 18, 2008

Some people are more talented than others. Some people are more educationally privileged than others. But we all have the capacity to be great. Greatness comes by recognizing that your potential is limited only by how you choose, how you use your freedom, how resolute you are, how persistent you are - in short, by your attitude. And we are all free to choose our attitude.

- Peter Koestenbaum -

Wow, what an excellent quote! So, what attitude did you choose? Are you using your freedom?

About myself? Well, I choose to enjoy every day! Like I wrote before, I am feeling lucky and happy! :-)

Have fun,

Bert Verdonck

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