Experience
is a Hard Teacher
I will attempt to list reasons why
experience is a hard teacher. To start off, we often learn lessons repeatedly from
experience either because we disregard the advice of our parents and those in
authority over us; or we never really grasp the message or principle that
experience attempts to convey. Likewise, we often experience failure along the
road to success and thus we view experiences as a dreaded teacher from whom we
cannot escape. Furthermore, experience seeks to stretch us to improve our
character and this is not enjoyable, thus we shy away when we can. In
continuance, it takes time (which in our day and age is precious) to learn from
experience. Similarly, learning from the experiences of others seems childish
and out of our way, so we ignore this option. In addition, you have to live
with the consequences of your experiences which are often painful aside from
the healing of Jesus Christ. Lastly, sometimes our experiences could have been
avoided altogether if we had not run from God like Jonah, thus we learn that experience
is a hard teacher.
