sometimes i am afraid to commit mistakes in life

@hotsummer (13835)
Philippines
November 19, 2011 2:36am CST
one mistake i had made in my life was being afraid to commit mistake. i sometimes feel that i need to make sure that i am not going to commit mistake. but sometimes i judged myself too much that i feel that i had taken some good opportunities that passed my life. wish that i can bring back the time and should have not judged myself too much or should have given my self space to commit mistakes also.
12 responses
@ygna21 (294)
• Bulgaria
19 Nov 11
You shouldn't live your life in fear... If you constantly fear you are gonna make a mistake...you are making the mistake to live your life in fear.Just be positive and live your life the way you want it. You will make mistakes,like everyone else.We all make mistakes but it is important to learn from them.And if we didn't make mistakes we wouldn't be able to learn from them so somehow mistakes are good for us growing up. Stop fearing and enjoy living! :) Have a great day!
• Philippines
20 Nov 11
2 thumbs up for that ygna.. If mistakes is done then learn from it.. It will be helpful to see the great things in life that we still need to see.
@dodo19 (47050)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
11 Dec 11
I can certainly understand how you may be afraid of making mistakes. But you should remember that no one is perfect. We're bound to make mistakes, one way or another. We're only human. No one is perfect, which is why we're going to make mistakes. The important thing, in my opinion, is to learn from them. That's how we become better people, and how we're able to grow.
• Philippines
20 Nov 11
Yeah that's my problem in life too. I was afraid to commit mistakes but while I was analyzing things to prevent the mistake from happening or at least minimize it, it's too late.
@stary1 (6612)
• United States
19 Nov 11
hotsummer You are not alone in being afraid to make a mistake. However, as you have already learned being afraid to fail can keep you from good things too. I would hope you can just learn to accept everyone makes mistakes and there is no shame in that. I once said I am afraid to make a mistake and I was asked...Why do you think they put erasers on pencils...
@boyuancy (1708)
• India
20 Nov 11
I have responded to your other discussion and will do this one too. I also judge myself with what I am and what I have, which presently is NOTHING!!! I just feel being successful and at the point that I want to be in will change everything for me for the better. I do not care however long it takes me, I will work till I make it happen. I use it as a motivation in life and I suggest you do too.
• Philippines
20 Nov 11
Did i read it right hotsummer the mistake you do is being afraid to commit mistake...but my dear friend a mistake can help us in everyday life.. As long as we can see the positive side of having the mistakes. One mistake can be tolerated but comitting same mistakes naaah means no learning was happening from it... Mistakes of different kind can lead us to a differenet realization on life that somehow if uses right will lead us to success...
@narthan (325)
• India
19 Nov 11
I my friend I don't think you have to be really worried about committing a mistake, everybody on this planet makes mistake. Every time we doing something we just have to be more careful not to make mistake even then if we commit a mistake we should learn from those and so next that next time you do it perfectly correct. many times one small mistake that we make teaches us a lot more we expect. I think we only become more and more better each time we learn from our mistakes. So just chill and turn those rare mistakes into a positive one.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
19 Nov 11
No matter what you do, you become great and a success or you make mistakes and fail, people will always have something to say. I have learned that we should not think of others with our decisions. Life is not perfect, we are not perfect but we can always be better. Do not be afraid to do things... never think of you failing and always think of the good things to come in every decision you make. That way, no hope is lost and you always hope for the best. When bad things have somehow happened, then it is only the beginning of our learning. We will always have failed if we never tried because of our fear. I leave you with this quote my friend from The Alchemist, book by Paulo Coelho... “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
19 Nov 11
We are no saints. We make mistakes all through our life. We may not be who we are today if not of our past mistakes as mistakes are great life experiences that teaches us to be better humans. Life would definitely be boring if everything is perfect.
• Philippines
19 Nov 11
Hello HOTsummer, The greates mistake is when you don't dare and regret it for the rest of your life. but who is to say it's a mistake when we wouldn't know the consequences yet? sometimes we have tomake a mistake so that we can avoid it in the future. we become too scared of it we won't have any more life to embrace. besides, we are all human my friend
• Philippines
19 Nov 11
Congratulations hotsummer. That's a good start. I am glad that you realize that being afraid to commit mistakes and being hard on yourself was wasting precious time. Do not be afraid to make mistakes, we all do. When you give yourself the opportunity to make mistakes, you also give yourself the chance to learn from your mistakes. "No guts, no glory." Be optimistic and always tell yourself, "I can do it, if I fail, I can do it again in a better way," God bless you, my friend.
• Indonesia
19 Nov 11
I learned that mistake is not a sin. But too much mistake is a fool. People are normally conduct mistake. So do not worry about it. I ever like you, and try to do everything perfectly. But you will waste your time if you are too careful. Life is short and many thing should be done. Working perfectly is necessary, but do not forget the time bound and even precision device has tolerance (even it is 0.001 mm)