When you fall, stand up

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In response to Writer’s Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge Survival theme I offer advice and a poem, followed by words from Neil Gaiman and Bryant McGill.

When-you-fall-stand-up quote by me

 

My advice, “When you fall, stand up and know that you are human”, applies to mistakes and blunders large and small.  There is a place for responsibility, remorse, and taking steps to avoid repetition, but my message today is about self-forgiveness rooted in humility. Just as we might forgive another person without forgetting a wrong, we can forgive ourselves for past mistakes. In order to live and thrive we need to move beyond self-condemnation:

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I tripped,

fell, and looked up

stars flickered forgiveness,

and purred, ‘fallibility is

human’.

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not fundamentally good or bad Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman ‘is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films.’

When-you-accept fallibility Bryant McGill

‘When you accept fallibility within yourself you become more perfect.’  Bryant McGill ‘is an American author, aphorist, speaker, and activist in the fields of self-development, personal freedom, and human rights.’

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My name is Janice.  I started blogging as Ontheland when I moved from Toronto to a rural area near Kingston, Ontario in Canada.  Over time I have found myself writing poetry, mostly in Japanese forms, such as haiku and haibun.  One of my deepest interests is the natural world: the joy of it and how we can look after it better.

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  4. Great to be back in blogging land – I’ve missed reading your words of wisdom. The above are so pertinent in life and wonderful to read. Often we can berate ourselves or be demeaned by others – always so important to ‘stand up and know that you are human’.

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