Smart Enough

Have you ever made a mistake? I know this may come as quite a shock to you, but, I have made a few, a few bazillion. I have days when it seems that I make a mistake and compound the situation with several more mistakes. I have days when, if not for mistakes, it would appear that I have done nothing all day. How about you?

So, how do you overcome your mistakes? Do you sit and mope? Do you complain that YOUR mistakes were actually caused by someone else? Do you try to explain that while it looks like a mistake it is actually just someone's misinterpretation of your stellar ability? Or, do you own up to it and admit that you made a mistake?

Today's word is something I try to keep in mind when I make mistakes, and is not intended to offend anyone: "Making mistakes is something everyone does. Learning from them is not."

We all make mistakes, regardless of what others may want to lead you to believe. It is what we do about those mistakes, it is about owning up to those mistakes, it is about learning from those mistakes. It is okay to make a mistake, but, when you do, learn from it, help others with what you learn from it, don't repeat it. It feels bad enough to make a mistake; it feels even worse not to learn anything from it.

I guess what I am trying to say is to not let mistakes define who you are. Yes, we all mess up. BUT, we are not just the sum of all of our mistakes. We can learn a lot from mistakes but we have to be open and honest enough to admit the mistakes we make, humble enough to learn from them, and smart enough to not repeat them.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T