Have you ever made a mistake? Everyone has. Yet after making mistakes you become so frightened or apprehensive to make another mistake
for fear of what might happen? It also causes you to second guess everything you do after that point.
Society has become so performance orientated and focused that many shy away
from risking new things or learning new skills and causes you to stay with only familiar and comfortable things even it they are bad for you. You may become
so afraid of making a mistake that you just don't venture into new experiences
and keep you in a rut. In fact you may isolate yourself from experiences to stop any future possibility of making
another mistake.
Is not getting
involved with life a mistake also?
The more afraid you are of making a mistake, the less
willing you will be of taking a risk, the more restricted you are, you become rigid and end up stuck. You actually create a pattern that can cause you to be less involved with
other people, situations and you learn less. If you shy away from trying new things or not taking
risks, you deprive your Soul of the nutriments needed to grow and thrive.
Could your mistakes be
positive?
Making a mistake is normal part of life. No one is perfect. Making
a mistake can be very positive. If you don’t make a mistake when you attempt
something new then how do you learn. Each different experience, task or
situation should bring something beneficial to your character.
Remember all the times growing up when you were so afraid to
join in playing with others kids for fear of being embarrassed, ridiculed for
not performing as well as others or just plain not being good enough. Look at
all you lost out on. Don’t let that happen now. Accept and embrace your
mistakes for what they can bring to your life.
Therefore don't let past incidents of mistakes determine who
you are as a person or a barrier to your future. We all make mistakes. Without
mistakes there is no way you can learn or make positive changes. If you are always right
and do everything perfectly then you have no reason to get out of bed. Isn't
that sad? So you cannot allow mistakes to define who you are.
3 Ways to Benefit
from a Mistake
Remind yourself every time you make a mistake to ask
yourself these three questions.
1. What did I learn?
2. What can I do differently next time?
3. How did
this make me better as a person?
Once you get your answers you will see your lessons clearly
and your Soul will have fuel to keep on growing.
