Experience

“All experience is an arch to build upon”

Henry Brooks Adams

I’m sure that we all have experiences, good or bad; they are part of our make-up. They form us to be whom and what we are. The memory brings to mind all of these whether or not we like them.

Now I’ve always believed that people can only have wisdom once they couple experience with knowledge and the only way to do that is to build upon your experience. Learn from them and make them a stepping stone for someone else.

None of us have enough time to experience everything there is to experience. And I doubt that any of us would want to have bad experiences. I think that if all our experiences good or bad were translated into something meaningful and we share them with others it brings either joy or healing.

Quoting Aldous Huxley when he said “Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.” What are you going to do with your experience? Are you going to allow the youth to make avoidable mistakes by not sharing yours? Won’t you rather share your experiences and help save a life? This might be your opportunity to save someone you really care about.

If someone was there for you when you needed them and they shared their experiences, do the same for someone else. And if this is not the case you can make a start with sharing yours and helping someone.