Isn't it true that any sane man will refuse to go into a fire willilngly and voluntarily the second time after they've been accidentally and unexpectedly burnt once before? So why and how does one continue on a preset path that is very similar to the previous road once more with any kind of positive outlook, or hope, or strength? Consider the first time, one did indeed have these and had faith in oneself and was willing to face up to whatever was ahead no matter how challenging, only to be completely destroyed.
2007-09-02 13:09:48 · 13 answers · asked by London 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Well, I don't believe that you would be entirely sane if you didn't try again. If a person believes that they can do whatever they want, even though they may be limited to some capacity to do so, then who is to say that they can't do it? There are quadruple amputees that still surf on the beach. There are firefighters that have been burned yet continue their job. If people never took risks after they failed...what would our world become? Edison wouldn't have created the light bulb had he quit after his first failure. He said, "I don't believe I have failed, I have only found 10,000 ways that do not work", and what about Michaelangelo? Had he not taken risks he would have painted the Sistene Floor. The fact of the matter is that people learn from their failures. A sane person with full confidence in their ability will try again and again. "Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true". So without risks, without standing up when one falls, there would be no will to live. That is what gives people the strength to carry on, that light at the end of the tunnel, and what the feeling of success despite many obstacles.
"Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts."
2007-09-02 13:39:19 · answer #1 · answered by Holy Mackerel 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Preset path? There are only choices. You make a choice and then you follow through, for good or ill. If it goes well, great. If it doesn't, you should have learned what not to do the next time you make the attempt. If you have attempted the same challenge and failed then you are doing the same thing over and over again. I quote Einstein:
"There is nothing that is a more certain of insanity than to do the same thing over and over and expect the results to be different."
The key to life is to make a different choice from the last time. You are going to fail. That is a given. It's not whether you fail but what you do after you fail that matters. If you keep pushing forward, learning from past choices, you will succeed.
2007-09-02 20:31:14 · answer #2 · answered by redcarpetmassacrefoe 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Depending on the person, they sometimes might tell themselves taht they will succede, no matter how glum the obvuois outcome, and some are too thickheaded to admitt defeat, and in protecting what they beleive to be pride and prove their strenght, they'll head in, others have a reason taht they may die for, others are sometimes just flat out dumb, and some may not see the simularities, or may have been tricked or unknowingly forced, or so many other possible reasons. And no, that's not always true with the sane man refusing that. They either have total faith in themselves, need to prove that faith they don't know they have, or have absolutley none.
2007-09-02 20:16:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
They believe in themselves regardless of the circumstances. Also, it depends what they are DOING the challenge for. If they were going into the fire the second time to save a loved one's life, then they wouldnt allow anything to stop them, not even the pain, not even the burns from the fire, all that matters is saving that person, and he will deal with the pain afterwards.
Also, if they are sure they will fail, they would probably feel better knowing that they tried and did not just give up.
2007-09-02 20:27:25 · answer #4 · answered by Lola 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Every 'challenge' is a thing in its self, has risk costs versus profit costs. If the risk cost is greater than the profit cost, then that action would be incoherent, not grounded to reality.
Stage Two Muscular-Anal: 1-3 years, autonomy vs. shame, toilet training;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Erickson
When you've pooped your diaper and you realize the cause of that failure is outside of your power to control, do you go on feeling shame, or do you get help. I have faith in you....Where's that toilet when you need one. Somewhere else...
The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.
2007-09-02 20:22:21 · answer #5 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I tend to fail at everything I do and I have not killed myself yet. Then again, the night is young.
Seriously though, how does one walk a terrible path knowing the suffering that lies ahead. Ask Jesus. According to Mel Gibson, he did it.
The truth is, assuming you're sane, you do what you have to because you have to. Every man (or woman) has within them a resolve that carries them through the toughest of time. It is not limitless, and not easy to find, but it's there. We all do what we have to do, nothing more, nothing less.
2007-09-02 20:19:54 · answer #6 · answered by stn1225 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Experience, putting ones best left foot forward and finding the humour in falling into many a rose bush before finding your way.
Knowing that nothing is anything like certain and that you never know your luck help too.
2007-09-03 18:34:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could be the very fact that it's a challenge. Or it could be that something else overrides the fear.
2007-09-02 22:10:55 · answer #8 · answered by Diana 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because if one believes in himself and his dreams, that one will be an example for the others.
2007-09-02 21:37:41 · answer #9 · answered by Aura 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because life would not be any fun at all if we didn't have challenges....even ones we know are bad.
2007-09-02 20:20:04 · answer #10 · answered by ben d 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋