LEARNiNG FROM OUR MiSTAKE

nobody is perfect. everyone commits mistakes. even if your are the president of the United States, or the king of Great Britain, or the Prime Minister of China, you still are prone to committing mistakes, whether they are little or big.

mistakes are inevitable and part of human nature. imperfect as we are, we are always bound to commit mistakes. we are prone to hurt not only ourselves but also other people. there's a tendency that we become too preoccupied of ourselves. we tend to think only of ourselves to the extent that we are already hurting the people who matter most in our lives.

yes, mistakes hurt people. mistakes make us cry. mistakes make us feel anger.

as a result, friends clash and relationships fall apart. isn't it painful to know that all these can happen with just one lame mistake?

mistakes are not present for us to succumb unto them. mistakes are not recognized for us to degrade ourselves and deprive ourselves of the many opportunities of the world.

well, the little truth is that, mistakes should make us even stronger and wiser.

we can learn from our mistakes after admitting that we really have done something wrong. but if we are too proud that we never admit such and we start to blame other people, we start to separate ourselves from the world and the opportunities life offers.

but if we only courageously stand and say "hey! i am guilty of this mistake. i am responsible for this. no one should be blamed for this other than me", the learning process then starts. indeed, admitting one's mistakes help a person recognize his/her faultiness and imperfection and he/she moves towards understanding of life's possibilities.

isn't it lighter to feel that we willingly recognize and accept our mistake and learn from it? isn't it joyful to know that  relationships are saved for such humble act?

mistakes are our teachers. "A man's errors are his portals to discovery", goes a saying from James Joyce. mistakes open us to a newer and better us. mistakes lead us to a wiser being of ourselves.

we should not brood over our mistakes or from the mistakes of other people. a learning from such experience should emanate from us.

all these will not only help us become better individuals. these will also help us learn life's possibilities.

indeed, mistakes are inevitable; but this fact should never be the reason of our downfall, as well as the downfall of our relationship with other people.

life offers learnings, not depression. life is our teacher, not our punisher.