We grow up making them, from birth to death, all our life consists of making and learning from them... Some insignificant, some fatal, some trivial, some irreversible but nevertheless we can’t ignore them. What are these mistakes? What upshot do they have on our life and those whose life is entwined with ours? Then there are those that we could rectify, and then those unalterable or when it’s too late to amend ones.
My life too has been and of course will be, what I would like to call it, a ‘cocktail of errors’, coz most of the time they have been mixed emotions for me! Right from birth we make our own mistakes and that’s how we improve on ourselves, haven’t heard of any foolproof method other than that. It’s a given that you can never learn without making mistakes. We all goof up, have our boo-boo moments, we seek pardon and move on. What about those which leave perpetual scars behind in your memory or psyche. You lose out on friendships, jobs, perhaps people you love or who have loved you. But that’s what I would call being human after all. You become more and more integrated with every experience.
Most often we pardon someone else’s mistakes easily but recovering from our own mistakes is an uphill task for sure. To err is human and to forgive is divine, so while we extend this divinity to others, so why are we hard on ourselves. But when you regret is the only (guilt) trap you set for yourself.
The only regret should be when you don’t learn from your mistakes and even more when you repeat them. And learning from others is insight gained too!
Let’s make some newer mistakes, so that we don’t stall the stroke of wisdom coming our way! J
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