...About making mistakes...my view, (cause I make a lot).....

[Stuart G]

About mistakes. ......

We all make them. We say we are sorry, and we move on. If we make a mistake, that does not mean we are a mistake.

Further, many years ago, when I was 6 or 7, I recall learning some math in grammar school. We used a pencil, and at the top, there was an eraser, to erase our mistakes. They still put erasers on pencils. Don't they? And when we use a computer, or phone or whatever to text or post, like I am doing right now, I notice a DELETE KEY...I think that is the same as the eraser, but more modern...It also deals with mistakes. And I have used that one a lot too.

Stuart.

[seveneyes]

1. You know it would be a mistake to say ...

[Marie Marie]

2. Mistakes are fine by me..

as long as we learn from them.

[Arugula Latte]

3. I have a bad habit of re-running all my mistakes and missteps on a loop in my brain ...

usually when I'm lying awake at 4 am.

[Stuart G]

5. As I have heard before, "You Are Not Alone"

Sometimes, I do the same thing. Yet, I know re-running the old show is not a good thing. So, I try to change the channel and get a quieter show. It ain't easy, but sometimes it works. My new show is just a quiet scene in the forest or mountains on a clear cool summer day, walking along, ..looking at the trees and listening to birds, walking along with a friend, quietly taking in the clean air and serenity.

. Maybe, those thoughts can quiet and replace the bad show. It is worth a try, for all of us, and that show is in my brain, the new quiet show, does not cost anything. I can download it for free, it is available any time I want it, there is no special equipment or contract to sign. That quiet show is much better than re-running the other show about my mistakes.. It is worth a try, but no guarantees. And it does work sometimes.

.And it really is free and available anytime and anyplace. don't need to ask anyone or get permission. Just a change of the channel ...oh, I forgot...changing the channel ain't easy..cause the old shows are imbedded in some corners up there that are very hard to clean out. but that is ok, changing the channel is still worth the effort, if I try.

Stuart

[Arugula Latte]

6. I'm going to try to do that more.

I've never been very good at those relaxation techniques or deep breathing or meditation exercises, but they would be a very good skills to have, I think. Maybe I need to practice more.

[CrawlingChaos]

4. I make a lot of mistakes too

You know what they say, bad decisions make the best stories.

[Dont call me Shirley]

7. You are forgiven...

[malthaussen]

8. Hey, whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Of course, Neitschze was crazy...

-- Mal

[PRB]

9. I like your line:

"They still put erasers on pencils." I say that to someone when they make a mistake. Something like, "That's why they put erasers on pencils."