The Past
By Colleen
@CRanney (437)
Wingham, Ontario
November 8, 2015 8:54am CST
Do you beat yourself up for mistakes you have made in the past?
Everyone makes mistakes and sometimes if we are lucky we learn from those mistakes.( I once fell down an entire flight of stairs in front of a boy that I really liked. I learned to walk carefully and gracefully down a set of stairs after that humiliating moment. )
I have met people in my life though that really are way too hard on themselves. Perfection really isn't a character trait healthy people look for in others. I really admire those who can pick themselves up, dust themselves off and learn from the mistakes they made.
Why are we so hard on ourselves anyways?
What mistakes have you made in the past that you are having a hard time getting up from?
Have you made a mistake you can laugh about now?
What are your thoughts?
(PS keep in mind I do realize there are some mistakes that cause unchangeable damage and somehow they stick with us, but I believe those kind of mistakes can be offered as a warning to others)
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15 responses
@janeseyer (53)
• Makati, Philippines
9 Nov 15
Learn from our mistakes. Keep positive. Think like a proton :)
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@intal_carl (299)
• Quezon City, Philippines
9 Nov 15
We can use the past to have a brighter future.
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@jillybean1222 (6408)
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9 Nov 15
some, yes, i do. others, i know it is just part of life
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@chance216 (280)
• United States
8 Nov 15
I try to learn from my mistakes. Negativity causes only hurt so I try to keep a positive attitude!
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@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
8 Nov 15
oh ouch! Yup I was married once before that was a mistake but I did learn a lot from it and like you have 3 beautiful kids. I swore never again to..but then I did it again haha but it's not a mistake. I am very happy now. Perhaps one day
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 Nov 15
I am a firm believer in tomorrow is another day, if it is good enough for Scarlet O'Hara it is good enough for me. Mistakes happen and while some are more serious than others there is usually some way to recover. Welcome to MyLot.
@Missmwngi (12927)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Nov 15
I guess we all have made mistakes and i find myself at times looking back even when i don't want to but i don't pay much attention anyway
@Missmwngi (12927)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 Nov 15
@CRanney Oooh yeah and there are times when looking back helps us appreciate how far we have come
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@birjudanak (14319)
• India
9 Nov 15
@Missmwngi mistake make man perfect.if we not make mistake then we are god
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@JESSY3236 (18919)
• United States
9 Nov 15
Sometimes I wish I could go back in time to change the past where I wouldn't have been friends with a girl who became a bully. But then I often have to remind myself If I haven't met her I would haven't met my best-friend.
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
9 Nov 15
@JESSY3236 oh no! I am so sorry that you were bullied. I have had that happen to me too and its really hard to not change when then happens. I know when it happened to me it changed me. I am glad you got a best friend out of that ordeal though.
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@birjudanak (14319)
• India
9 Nov 15
nice topic.every person in this world has make mistake small or big otherwise they not learn.my latest mistake was doing strike without notice
@birjudanak (14319)
• India
9 Nov 15
@CRanney i learn from it lot of thing so in future i will not do same
@CRanney (437)
• Wingham, Ontario
9 Nov 15
@birjudanak Yup thats it exactly. If we don't we get bad habits.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
8 Nov 15
I don't really worry too much about past mistakes; quite a pointless activity, as there is nowt to be done
