The First Go-round

If you understand something on the first go around I would suggest that maybe you are missing something. If I have discovered one simple fact it is this, I rarely get it on the first go-round. I found that many of the things I thought I knew and thought I understood were correct and accurate were not. I have been mucking around in what I do for a long time and find it amazing and fun that almost every day I have to change something because I did NOT get it on the first go-round. 

It reminds me of how discouraged I would get when something didn't click the first time. That is the physical stuff and when you talk about the more academic side I did the same thing .... doah! It reminds me of how often someone skims over things just to get to the fun stuff only to find it discouraging simply because they assumed that they got-it on the first go-round.

Yesterday's post had a lot of questions. I asked them cause I once again thought, do I have this yet, and I said to self after reading the monkey dance at the Chiron blog, nope - ain't got it yet but I are learning. 

It's a process. If I have learned another simple thing it is that to truly learn, to truly understand and to truly get-it it takes time, effort and due diligence. Not this skim over and just have fun stuff but really buckle down and get going. Maybe this is what I learned from some experiences in life along with what the Marines provide as a member of that tribe. All the services, i.e. Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Police Services all over the world, Professionals in services like jails and emergency services, i.e. EMT's and Firemen, etc. provide the same thing in various ways - good stuff. 

I get concerned when it is those who have not served in one capacity or another who tend to assume on the first go-round that they are getting and have gotten what they think they have gotten. 

I am still working on this stuff and I am fifty-nine years young. You might say to yourself, wow, this is taking this guy a long time but think about it - things change constantly, noting is static, life is always moving and to remain up with it you have to move, move and move some more. 

If you get nothing from this just remember that when you think you have gotten it, STOP, and continue looking at it from every angle you can, think outside the box and then question it again. You just might find out that it is not taking me as long as you might think. 

Waxing philosophical again.