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October 2008 
Sorry, Charlie!
Posted on Apr 6th, 2008
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Amanda
Amanda
I love listening to KCME, our local classical radio station. The music always seems to fit my mood so perfectly and the announcers voices are as melodious as the music. It's the only station I have on in the car. So today, on my four minute commute to work, I expected my usual tidbit of opera. Instead I was surprised to learn KCME had compiled special programming in honor of today's holiday. April 6th is a holiday? Indeed it is! Today is Sorry Charlie Day. A day to accept, honor or otherwise acknowledge the past year's rejections and failures. Today KCME is honoring those pieces that did not recieve critical acclaim when introduced to the world but later went on to become, well, classics. So, today, I too am honoring my past rejections and failures. I am accepting that I did not get that cool new job. I am accepting my parenting mistakes. I am accepting my neglect of my self, in both body and soul. I am accepting my frustrations with family and friends. I am accepting and honoring my humanity. My ability to make and then learn from my mistakes. I am letting my failures go. So, today is Sorry Charlie Day. I feel a little lighter, how about you?
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failures? i think not… no such thing as failures . Once there was wonderful flower that thought she was a failure because she wanted to be part of nature.
accepting all that happens is good… becuase each event is you appearing in all ways to provide the taste of life.
Very true, Michael. I guess I view “failures” more as missed opportunities than as failings. Either way, they can become a little burdensome if you let them accumulate throughout a year (or a lifetime!) Little opportunites that didn't end as I had hoped they would are still as important/influential to me as any other action I may take. Still, it feels good to turn around, look those events square in the face and say “Thanks for coming by! I appreciate the visit but now, please………it's time to move on.”
Everything happens in divine timing and perfect order, when I have looked back at seeming failures at times with disapointment and frustration,
I now view them as opportunities to learn and grow, I am staying awake to observe and know that out of everything comes only good, letting go and letting God..
Therefore I to honor the past…
Blessings and love..
Ditto!
I like that “turning around to honer the past” that is good work. Everything is the moment of now even when you turn around, you are doing it now. And to look the past straight in the eye, you will most likely see through its illusioins that have kept you.
I recently did the same to see that what I feared, what made me stuck or what has been hanging over my left shoulder is NOT worth what I imagined (image in) to be. Ind of like going back to that biiig hill you used to sled down, see it today and its sooo tiny. But in the mind still big.
and….. each even makes you who you are now (smile)
Great post, Amanda! I like the idea of Sorry Charlie Day and think that acknowledging past rejections and failures is an important step in learning from them and letting them go. Perhaps, we should have a Sorry Charlie Day every month (maybe even every week). :)
Failures and rejections (and successes) do exist. Many successful entrepreneurs consider previous failures a badge of honor. I cannot remember where I read this recently, but, the author said that if you want proof that failure (and rejection exists), go ask the most beautiful woman in the room for a date. Whether she says “yes” or “no”, you will learn an important lesson. :)
The common thread between failure and success is that both are just experiences. It is our response to these failures and rejections (and successes) that matters most, and all experiences are indeed opportunities to learn and grow. What we need to do is to learn to fail better (including an acceptance of failure).
Anywho, just a few quick thoughts!
Michael
PS - Tomorrow, April 7, is no housework day! I hope you have plans to honor this holiday as well! ;-)
wahoooooooo! no housework day! Oh, wait. Every day is “no housework day” at my house! At least until my Petite is well enough to not spend every waking moment wrapped around my ankles.
“What we need to do is to learn to fail better…..” This is a very big, sparkley brass key, isn't it?
Thank you all for sharing your thoughts. Who knew my 4 minute commute to work would yield such insights? Blessings!
Yes Michael, exactly my thought process! The sledding hill being sooooo tiny today, but in your mind so big still! Yes.
It's not too late to send an ecard out for No Housework Day! Apparently, the good people at American Greetings think that everyone who does housework thinks of two hunky men to take over their cooking and cleaning chores. :)
Wow. What a great thing to celebrate. I admire that you can look your mistakes in the face and forgive your self for them. It's never good to carry baggage.