Getting it wrong is a way to getting it right
Mistakes bring errors of thought, words, and action to light
Don't be defensive to prove you are right
Dimming the light of understanding will rob you of clear sight.
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Don't dim the light of understanding, dear reader.
Don't dim the light
What you want to get to, dear reader
Is a better understanding and clear sight.
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You touch something hot, and it makes you shriek in pain
You learn not to touch that hot thing again
Everything in life should be the same.
You should learn from every situation, even the ones that bring shame.
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Don't dim the light of understanding, dear reader
Don't dim the light
Take the first steps on your path to understanding
Where your vision is not clouded, and you have clear sight.
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It is tempting to push things to the back of your mind
To distract yourself, and ignore the value you might find
This is how you leave many missed opportunities behind
To gain wisdom, and be an example to all mankind.
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Don't dim the light of understanding, dear reader
Don't dim the light
Look upon all problems as puzzles
And put the pieces together until they fit right.
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Getting it wrong is a way to getting it right
Failures and losses bring errors in thought, word, and action to light
Step by step, it can lead you to crystal clear sight
Of what works, and what is meaningful and right.
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Don't dim the light of understanding, dear reader
Don't dim the light
Getting it wrong is a way to getting it right
Step by step, it can lead us to crystal clear sight
We have to find our way through the debris of our errors and messes to develop insight.
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Don't dim the light of understanding, dear reader, don't dim the light
Tempting to sweep things under the carpet, and get on with our life
Resist, and try to find a way to set things right
Stay with the uncomfortable until you develop clear sight.
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Don't dim the light of understanding, dear reader,
Don't dim the light
Don't dim the light of understanding
Don't dim the light.
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A shining example of not dimming the light of understanding, but exploring the value there is to find:
On 7 June 1893, Mahatma Gandhi, who was a practicing lawyer in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, where he had lived for 21 years, was forcibly removed from a whites-only carriage on a train for not obeying laws that segregated each carriage according to race. Instead of pushing the incident to the back of his mind and going on with his life, he began a passive resistance movement to protest all the unfair laws that applied to people of Indian descent in S. Africa. This was the beginning of his Satyagraha movement - a movement which he first used to fight racial discrimination in South Africa, and then used again in the freedom struggle of India against the British.
