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life and our mistakes
Date Published: 03 Jan 2010 03:12
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life and our mistakes
Saturday, January 2, 2010
life and our mistakes
What do you do when you make a mistake - pull your hair out? That only leads to premature balding! Kicking the dog can get you a bite, kicking a wall will hurt your toe, throwing stuff around makes you look like a fool and being cranky and mad at the world will lead to isolation as people run from you. We can be too serious about the small stuff - and need to learn to laugh at our mistakes. Crying does not change the mistake and can lead to self-condemnation and a low opinion of our abilities - that only leads to a lack of effort and a growing habit of acting in ways that do nothing towards moving ahead. We need to act to correct our mistakes - crying is not the action that will do that.
We all experience fun things and situations in life can be hilarious. My husband gets the greatest joy out of the calamities that I get into (provided I am not hurt). Falling off a log, tipping the canoe and landing in the water and a list of other minor calamities bring a sparkle to his eyes and almost uncontrollable laughter. It is so enjoyable that I make the mistakes on purpose - only to hear him laugh (at least that is one excuse I have used for being clumsy). Using and developing a sense of humour can add zest and sparkle to our interaction with others - and result in a much happier and more pleasant life for ourselves. It seems nonsensical to tell someone they have spilled the milk when they and everyone else knows the milk is spilled. Yet, we do tell them and sometimes make matters worse. There is no doubt that the cause for spilling the milk needs to be addressed. We teach our children to be a little more careful when they spill something - we adults also can learn such lessons. The old saying "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me" is still applicable today. We ought not to continually make the same mistakes, we are to learn from them. We can learn more readily and speedily when we can laugh at our mistakes than when we condemn ourselves and groan and moan about them. We can be so serious about life that we forget to live! We can laugh as we reach for the mop and bucket to clean up the mess we have made. There is no cleansing action involved in crying - but cry if you must and then get the mop.
Go Dancing or bowling or even a movie to get life back into perspective.
It will not only refresh your mind but get you into the groove of life once again. Realize your dream once more and your be surprise how it gets the mind moving again.
Mistakes will always be there for us to learn from. But learn you must if you want to keep your life in perspective.
Please comment if any of you have ideas for keeping life in focus
