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How do we develop the personality that helps us recover from our misfortunes? The answer to this question is very easy and very difficult at the same time. It is easy because our Creator has not created anyone to become a case of failure, not even an ant! We have an example from history through which God has shown us this principle. The principle is to admit one’s mistake and then plan for the future. Thus, the starting point is ‘I am wrong’, or in other words, you blame yourself and not anyone else for what you experience. Generally, people do not admit that they were at fault. When one has the ability to admit one’s mistake, then things change for the better. The King of Japan, Emperor Hirohito, had said at the time of the Japanese defeat in WWII: It is according to the dictates of time and fate that we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is insufferable. (The Gyokuon-hoso broadcast, on accepting the Potsdam Declaration) This is an example of the ultimate extent of admitting one's mistake. o PONDER OVER THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH THE QURAN 3: 191