Don’t cry over spilt milk quote:
“Don’t cry over spilled milk”
Similar Quotes
Sometimes hearing the same idea expressed in a different light leads us to find insights we might’ve never considered. Here’s some similar quotes:
- “It’s no use crying over spilled milk”
- “it is what it is”
- “no point living in the past”
- “What’s happened has happened, so what can we do to make it better for tomorrow and the day after? That’s why we’re here.” – Ian Botham
Origin
The first use of this phrase was by James Howell, a British historian and writer. In one of his works “Paramoigraphy” in 1659 wrote, “No weeping for shed milk.”
Good ideas tend to propagate and the bad ones get filtered out and forgotten. This idea of ‘crying over spilled milk’ has a simple yet profound meaning that has lasted for 361 years and will likely persist for another 361 years to come.
The meaning behind the quote:
A principle that seems so simple, but in the moment so difficult.
The meaning is, there’s no reason to be upset over something that has already happened and cannot be changed.
If you spill milk, the only logical thing to do is to clean it up. After you’ve finished cleaning it up you can begin to ask the question what caused it to spill in the first place.
Maybe you shouldn’t have left the glass so close to your workspace so that it could easily be knocked over. Lesson learned.
Do you know what’s a dumb thing to do?
Calling yourself stupid and berating yourself, to get angry, or to let it ‘like literally’ ruin your day.
Tony often says, “pain is inevitable suffering is optional” you don’t need to cry over what has happened. You’ve experienced a setback but you don’t need to dwell in it, that’s optional.
Learning to accept reality as it unfolds and to be indifferent towards it can lead to living a life of tranquility.
Learn from it and move on.
Also, a saying worth remembering, “what’s trite is often right.” A saying like, “crying over spilt milk” may cause people to roll their eyes because it seems like a general platitude, and that it’s not really helpful, but au contraire mon ami, there’s wisdom behind it.
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Questions
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Change Your Life Quotes
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Fear
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