Mistakes

We have this habit of looking back on times of old and recognizing "mistakes" we have made. Yes, of course, some things were really uncomfortable and some things we would never do again, and of course cruelty is never acceptable...but...how much of a "mistake" were all those things now really?

Sometimes it's an issue of recognizing that we had to do what we had to do because it was absolutely the most perfect thing for us to do at the time, so we could learn the lesson we needed to learn. In other words, maybe it was perfect and not wrong, and not a mistake at all.

When we stop beating up on ourselves, when we move ourselves out of that place of judgment, we make room to recognize just what a blessing every single life experience is. Yes - look back and even the worst experience of your life taught you that you could get through even tremendous pain, sorrow, anger, etc.

We do have this unfortunate knack of putting ourselves down and judging ourselves against some imaginary perfection out there in the form of [fill in the name of someone you think doesn't suffer!]. And yet - even the most beautiful, the richest, the most famous, the most seemingly contented person you have ever met is just like you; has the same doubts, fears, and self-recriminations for their own past.

Don't you think it's time to ease up a little? How about gratitude instead of recriminations? How about saying thank you rather than raking yourself over the coals? How about just considering - even for a moment - that those mistakes weren't mistakes at all, but building blocks to a better you?

Because you can go for the rest of your life thinking that you are a horrible person because you once made "mistakes" or you can go through the rest of your life saying thank you and blessing every experience you ever had, thereby garnering its power. That choice is up to you. How will you choose?


Blessings.
- Darshan






© Darshan F Jessop