Have I made mistakes in my life? Plenty.
Do I regret making those mistakes? Yes.
Have I hurt people along the way? Yes.
Does this eat me up inside? Yes.
Would I change these if I could? In a heartbeat.
Have I learnt from these mistakes? I would like to think so.
Would I make the same mistakes again? I hope not.
Why aren't I so certain? Because I am human.
With experience (age) brings wisdom, hindsight, and often guilt and regret about our lives. Having been on the 'worry wheel', I know that my brain keeps reminding me of the stupid things that I have said and done in my life.
I know that I could have been better, much better. I could have been whoever I wanted to be if I had set my mind to it early enough.
We learn and grow from things that we have done wrong, or at the very least we try to learn from them.
It is not so much about the size or number of mistakes that we make, it is about how we recover from them, how we learn from them, and how we move forward.
I still say and do things that I later say to myself, "Why did you say or do that?" What I try to do now is accept it, try and make amends if I can, and move on quickly.
It is said that those who have not made mistakes have not made anything at all. I don't believe this is the case. After all, not making anything is a mistake in itself, isn't it?
If you make a mistake, fix it as soon as you can. If you can't fix it, learn from it. If you can't learn from it, move on regardless. Easy to say but hard to do, nonetheless, it is at least worth trying.
If we don't move on from our mistakes, we harbour guilt and regret; and we know that this will often lead us into dark places.
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