Making Mistakes
6 comments | August 14th, 2012
(by KSE, a Chestist)
Live, learn, screw up, get better. Here's her story:
I make so many mistakes. At work, and with my family and friends. I do the wrong thing and sometimes I do the right thing in the wrong way. Sometimes I say the wrong thing even though I mean to say the right thing.
I carry my umbrella on days when it doesn't rain, and sometimes I don't carry it on days when it does. I take wrong turns, and sometimes choose the wrong things at restaurants. I give people breaks who don't deserve them and sometimes don't give breaks to people who do.
I can be short-tempered and quick-fused. I can trust blindly when I shouldn't. Sometimes I sleep with guys I wish I hadn't.
I can hold on to some things too long and other things and people not long enough. I buy things that I don't always like when I get them home. I've taken the easy way out when I should have done the right thing even if it was the harder thing. I've made a lot of mistakes.
I've learned to appreciate my mistakes even if I sometimes wish I had not made them. I appreciate them because they have taught me how to fix things, humility, and to have a sense of humor. Life is filled with mistakes made by us and others. I think that's nice. {end story}
What an attitude, right? How do you feel about making mistakes? Buzzkill or just another stop on the road to feeling more better? Do tell.
(an FMB rewind)
Martha Gledden
Posted on April 23, 2012
Thanks for the reminder that our perspective counts for a lot!
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Anonymous
Posted on April 23, 2012
It is interesting, I give others a lot of leeway when it comes to making mistakes but don’t usually give myself the same, even on the small things.
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Father's Daughter
Posted on April 23, 2012
I’ve always been afraid of making mistakes. My father was a total perfectionist who never allowed room for anything but straight As and athletic excellence. I think it’s driven me to succeed but I look at my brother who never even tries anything anymore. I think we both grew up afraid of failure and that it has influenced who we’ve become now that we’re adults. If I ever have kids, I will never raise them as we were.
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Jules H.
Posted on April 23, 2012
I love this so much.
It’s so happy!
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Abby
Posted on April 24, 2012
Isn’t it? Thank you for this. It came at just the right time.
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RB
Posted on August 15, 2012
OMG! I hate making mistakes! I get this horrible feeling in my stomach, and it can be over small things. My family was pretty crazy and I think I felt like I had to keep everyone happy or the sh*t would hit the fan. I’m working on cutting myself some more slack, but it hasn’t happened.
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