Encouragement Poems -
7. I Have Success Whilst I Am Learning

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It's OK to think you are getting everything wrong when you already have success

OK, we have believed we can learn; at least enough for us to set out to learn.

Now, what attitude do we need to keep on learning?

A Poem About Learning It Is Plenty When you sit in the classroom on the first day and know absolutely nothing about the subject, you are doing well. You are turning up, You are interested in knowing, You are willing to listen; It is plenty. It's OK to think you are failing because you have no idea how to do it. “Teachers must be patient and repeat their lessons until they are learned.”(T-4.I.7, A Course In Miracles) © Katherine T Owen, 2009 For spiritual poems on this site For an explanation of the release – It’s OK to... For a discussion on the use of a spiritual quote

When we learn something new, it's OK not to know how to do this.

Think about that for a minute.

Of course it's OK.
If you knew how to do it already, you wouldn’t be setting out to learn!

And yet, we start something, and say:
Oh, look, I am no good.
This means I can never learn it.

When we set out on the spiritual journey or to learn a life skill, we often do much of it on our own. It is particularly important to see the ways in which we already have success.

The encouragement poem above helps shift your focus to the success you have even on your first day of learning something.

Other Successes:

You are aware there is something of value to learn.
You are aware you don't already know it.
You have taken action on your willingness to learn.
You have found a teacher.
You are engaging in a discipline to make sure you keep learning.

Focusing on our current success allows us to be successful on every step of the journey towards our goal.

What are you doing right today?

What evidence do you have that you can do this?

Shift the focus from success in the future, to the success you already have.

You are fantastic.

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