Blessings in disguise
Mistakes can really change your life if taken seriously. As I always say, you have a lot to learn from your mistakes. Also, mistakes can cause you to be stuck if not reviewed. There are lot of lessons that can be drawn from all the mistakes you have been making.
Just like at school, more especially in primary, we were given time to do the corrections. But why? So that we may rectify our mistakes and see where we went wrong. We were doing all those corrections in order to learn something new. We were doing all those corrections so that we may not repeat the mistakes in the coming tests and examinations.
Even with life in general, we can’t keep on making the same mistakes time and again and expect progress or vital changes. Some of the progress is attached to the valuable lessons trapped within mistakes. Mistakes are powerful I tell you. Never be afraid to make them but don’t make them intentionally and deliberately.
The mistakes at school
I remember one day at school when I was not doing well. I studied hard and did all I had to do but my results were not reflecting my efforts and work ethic. This really disturbed me. I constantly consulted with my teachers to find out what was wrong. One day I found out that I was making the same mistakes from one year test to the next year test. I was not rectifying my mistakes to be better next time. So good marks were lost in all those mistakes I kept making from test to test.
I found out that my mistakes carried 25% of my total marks. Had I corrected all my mistakes from one year test to next, if I got 50%, I would have had 75% provided that I reviewed and fixed all my mistakes. I was repeating the same mistakes from quarter to quarter. As I was reviewing and checking my papers with my teacher, we realised the fact that most of my marks were eaten and swallowed up by the mistakes I was making from test to test and from quarter to quarter.
How many of us commit the same errors in life time and again. Mistakes are supposed to be making us better. From one relationship to the next one, the difference is the mistakes. Many relationships would be better if people really took time to learn from their mistakes.
What destroyed the previous relationship is also going to destroy the next relationship. It is not supposed to be like that. The mistakes of the previous relationship can really save the next relationship. What you don’t correct will definitely haunt you.
Me personally I am person that love to learn and one of the ways of my education is making mistakes. I am not making them deliberately or intentionally though. I seem to learn quicker by mistakes other than any form of learning. Mistakes can sometimes quicken the learning process.
The changing of my life
Remember when you were a kid, you kept falling to the ground. You didn’t just start by walking. You needed to fall time and again so that you can be perfect at walking. All the falling did for you was to perfect your walking. You tiptoed your way to perfect walking. We all walked this journey. We have been there and done that.
I remember When I was learning how to hear the voice of God. I kept making so many mistakes. Luckily for me I was open to learning and correction. I kept thinking God said this while he actually said that. The more I was learning from my mistakes after making them, the more my hearing was getting better. Every Time when people compliment me on my hearing, my mind quickly takes me back to when I used to miss things and making a lot of mistakes. Finally I got it right. All thanks to the power of mistakes.
This thing of learning from mistakes really changed my life in many ways. I got better in my craft as I was rectifying and correcting my mistakes. You see, the more you correct all your mistakes, the better you shall get. The sharper you shall be. Mistakes can really change and shift the entire scope of your life. Many good things happen in my life because I take time to review and learn valuable lessons from my mistakes. You should too.
Conclusion
Mistakes can shift your life
I hope this piece helped you in some way. I wanted to share something that really worked in my life then and now. Life can be very mysterious. Take your chances and witness life being good to you. Life can be very nice sometimes if you are playing your cards right.
Take time from now on to record all your mistakes from the previous years to the current year. You will see for yourself that mistakes have been holding back your life. You will see that you could have been far had you taken your time to visit your mistakes.
Review all your mistakes today. Check what significant lesson are they bringing in your life. Most of your progress is trapped behind previous and current mistakes. If you can review and correct your mistakes, the best is yet to come. Remember, it works if you work it. Till we meet again in the next post. Peace.