What do you think of Master Yoda's adage :" Do or do not, there is no try." ?
By Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (16568)
Philippines
September 6, 2008 1:19pm CST
In the Star Wars series, Master Yoda was training Luke Skywalker -the son of Darth Vader - in some Jedi methods. He ordered Luke to lift his small plane out of the lake with his mental powers, But Luke said something like: " How can you expect me to lift something as big as that by using only my mental faculty." ..and Master Yoda, showed to Luke that he can do it. After performing the amazing act, he said this to Luke: " Do, or do not. There is not try." What do you think of this quotation? Do you believe in it ? Why and why not?
3 responses
@my_name_is_coco (4333)
• Philippines
31 Oct 09
it is the same as Nike's tagline,"Just Do It".in this life,we should do the things we want,no matter who or what will stop us.we live life to the fullest when we do the things we want.we should live life life without regrets.we should take a risk.
@usaction (649)
• United States
27 Feb 09
It can be compared to "mind over matter." When Luke said "I don't believe it." Yoda replied "that is why you failed." If you have it in your mind that you won't do well on something, you probably won't. If you go to take your first drivers test, and think that you'll fail, even if you pass, you will probably be making a lot of easy mistakes that you normally wouldn't. Nerves, and not being focused on what you're doing.
@Pitgull (1522)
• United States
6 Sep 08
Confidence is key. If you believe you can do something, you can. If you believe you cannot, you are right.
When you "try" it is usually because of lack of confidence and you have no true belief in what you are doing. We all know that we do much better when we believe in what we are doing.
Yoda is awesome. So tiny, yet wise and powerful. He shows that concept of mind over matter, incredibly well. Yoda is the Master...lol
