An eraser

There are probably few young people that can imagine having a pencil with no eraser. I mean, there are probably few young people that use the standard #2 pencil anymore. Growing up, all we had was the number 2 pencil and, if you were like me, I would use the eraser up. I seemed to make a few more mistakes than others.

There were times that I would have to erase two or three sentences or half a page of calculations because it wasn't right. Eventually, I would use the eraser up. I tried to always keep one of those large erasers for those times when I made the big mistakes. I have learned something about erasers, though, since my early years of using them to erase my mistakes...

Today's word is a saying I came across a while back that sums things up for me. It says, "An eraser isn't for those who make mistakes. An eraser is for those willing to correct their mistakes."

Yeah, I made a lot of mistakes; I messed up probably more than most. I would have to erase things. I would have to do them over. Now, though, I realize that the eraser wasn't there because I made a mistake, it was there because I was willing to correct my mistake. There is nothing wrong with making a mistake; there is plenty wrong with making a mistake and refusing to correct it.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T