Mistakes

Mistakes

Mistakes are just an opportunity for growth and for learning and for discovering new things about yourself and others.  Mistakes, are the lessons you need to learn to become better at knowing when to do something and when not to do something. 

Think of mistakes as a kind of resume.   You could put down all of the mistakes that you have made for your entire life, that would be like the job title and then write down what it is that you learned from those mistakes, and that would be like the job description.  You can then try to teach others or at least tell them about those mistakes in hopes that they will not repeat the same. 

However, we are all on this journey called life, and sometimes, we need to find out for ourselves.  Sometimes, even though people will tell you `you shouldn`t do this, or you shouldn`t do that`` it is up to us to discover what works for us and what doesn`t.   And sometimes, we really cannot hear what they are saying.  That is why we are all individual, and yet all so similar.  If I never made a mistake in my life, and if I never tried something new, then I would not be first of all very interesting, I would not be generous in my acceptance of who you are and where you have travelled, and I would not be able to move on, get out there and try new things, because I would not feel like I had the courage.  I think mistakes help build courage in people.  It helps us to see that when we make a mistake it isn`t the end of the world, it`s just the beginning of a new road to take us to the next part of our journey.

You can look at the mistakes you have made as a confidence builder.  The more mistakes you make, the wiser a person you will become and the less afraid of making mistakes you will be. 

So, don`t beat yourself up if you feel you have made a mistake.  Look forward with great expectation to the next adventure. 

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