BEAUTY IN MISTAKES


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As a young woman, I viewed mistakes as abominable! A single mistake made me feel like I had failed in life. I would beat myself black and blue. I tried really hard not to solve or learn from the mistake but to deny it and make excuses. I comforted myself on the ground that  feeling bad was enough not be held accountable, so all my life I kept  repeating the same thing over and over again saying sorry but not connecting the dots on what I should learn.

Recently, I went with my daughter to church. I had forgotten to carry a leso. My daughter went to play with mud and came back to me. I held her and my clothes got some dirt and funny enough this action was recurrent for five hours so you can imagine how dirty I was, going back home I was laughed at by my friends and I wanted to feel bad and call them out but then it dawned on me, I made a mistake of not carrying the shawl.

This time instead of wallowing feeling sorry, I smiled and said to myself, now I know and next time I must carry it. I could feel my inner child pat me in the back saying good job you getting the point and so I started viewing my mistakes from this dimension not as dirt holes inside me or as failures but a learning opportunity. I almost ran a survey on all the mistakes I had done and what I could have learned from them but it was a little too late for that. Most of us young people shy away from mistakes instead of learning from them.

Even our laws provide for a lenient sentence for a first time offender. As a matter of fact Joseph Irungu AKA Jowie, pleaded to the court to have mercy on him since he was just a first time offender. Back to mistakes. Mistakes are good if you learn from them feeling bad or sorry is not enough. What matters is, are you willing to learn from them? Are you now connecting the dots? This thinking will save you from repeating the same thing.

Everyone makes mistakes. Lord knows how many errors scientist make before coming up with a theory or a drug. Oppenheimer had to make over thousands of mistake to come up with that atomic bomb, not the point, okay. Philosopher, Frederick Nietzsche stated “[t]he error itself is the path to truth” having a bad day does not mean your life is bad. Stay positive stay learning.

 By Grace mwangi

I need to write it before it goes ✍✍


Comments

  1. AnonymousMay 18, 2024 at 10:47 AM

    This is great

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  2. AnonymousMay 18, 2024 at 10:48 AM

    Am so proud of you crony ... Keep it up .. this is so encouraging

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  3. AnonymousMay 23, 2024 at 3:42 AM

    Brilliant! Well articulate 👌!!!

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  4. AnonymousMay 23, 2024 at 6:55 AM

    Mistakes are a blessing in disguise; they provide for an opportunity to learn.

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