60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey: What If Our Mistakes Have the Power to Reveal a Secret?

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Hello to you listening in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK ! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey and your host, Diane Wyzga. Once upon a time the wise fool and teacher Nasruddin Hodja was asked: Master, what’s the secret to happiness ? Nasruddin replied, The secret to happiness is good judgment. Yes, Master, but how do we get good judgment ? Nasruddin replied, Good judgment comes from experience . Yes, Master, but how do we get experience ? Ah well , replied Nasruddin, that would come from bad judgment . Growing up I had to do it my way! No matter who told me, No! I was determined to find out for myself. I touched fire to see if it was hot. Rode my two-wheeler bike down the steepest hill in town, no hands. No matter how much my intuition said, “When in doubt, don’t!” I did. Over time I learned that fire is hot, they do cut off your favorite shirt in the emergency room, and my intuition demands respect. But, what if my bad judgment was the experience I needed to acquire the secret? What secret? Maybe not happiness but surely adventure! Question : What good secrets have your bad judgments taught you?