What have I learned?

When misfortune hits or when we make mistakes, we can get so caught up in the negative effects of it all and forget to realize that there are lessons to be learned. If you take some time to think about what happened, how and why, you can find valuable lessons that can help you avoid the same occurrences in the future.

The question to ask is: What have I learned?

By asking yourself this, you put negative thoughts further and further away from your mind and think positively. Answering this question requires you to withdraw yourself from the emotionally provoking space of the problems and use your intellect to look at the bigger picture.

The answers you get will bring clarity and wisdom. Clarity on what really happened and why, and wisdom to avoid recurrence and change for the better. You also gain a sense of closure from asking the question above.