Have you ever done something wrong and wondered why is a mistake a good thing, or a bad thing?
Mistakes allow us to learn
By making a mistake you are allowing your brain to expand: a mistake allows us to learn how to do something right because if we know how to do something wrong we know how to do it right. This is generally the opposite of what we did wrongly.
We remember mistakes
- Remember the time you put on a laundry wash and the colours mixed?
- Did you learn how to separate colours? Did you learn how to use a new cycle on your washing machine?
- Remember the time when you burnt your hand on really warm water?
- Do you now wait until the water has flown for a few minutes? Did you learn that it takes time to adjust, literally?
In short, mistakes are a good thing because we can learn from them. Mistakes happen to everyone. No one on this earth does not make mistakes: mistakes happen to every single human being on this wonderful planet.
Mistakes allow us to feel rubbish because we think we have failed, remember the failure post? Mistakes also allow us to learn, appreciate when things go right. Mistakes, for this reason, are a good thing.
Thanks for your comment and this post is really coming at the right moment. I thought about what you say and what my family told me too and I begin to see how this (huge) bad experience is full of meaning. I know what to do now and most important I know how to do it.
Your posts and comments are always full of good advices =) Thank you for that too ;-)
You are very welcome, ladyofflesh.
Good luck putting your thoughts into a new perspective — learning from personal experiences is very rewarding ;)
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I like this post – it’s freeing. Mistakes are exactly what you say – knowing the wrong road helps us find the right one. Thanks.
Thanks for reading and participating on my blog! Hope to see you around, disappearinginplainsight