Learning from My Mistakes – Some Personal Experiences

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I have understood the concept of learning from one's mistakes very closely. The truth is, no matter how much we hear or know, we can't truly understand anything without personal experience. I have often made decisions that later caused me pain. But now, when I look back, I understand that it is because of those mistakes that I have become a little wiser today.

At one time, I wanted to do everything in a hurry. Whatever I thought was right, I would do it without thinking it through. And later I would realize that I should have stopped and thought for a moment. Once I got angry at a very good friend for no reason; later I understood that his perspective wasn't wrong, but rather I myself was being too emotional. I felt very bad then, but that experience taught me how to think with a calm mind.

Another thing I've learned is how to say no. Many times, just to avoid hurting someone, I have done things that weren't right for me. Later I understood that if I lose myself trying to keep everyone happy, then nothing really works out properly.

Making mistakes, although regrettable, is necessary in a way, because it is from these mistakes that we learn the truest lessons of life. The decisions I make today with more thought are influenced by the experiences of these very mistakes.

So now I believe that there is nothing to be disappointed about if you make a mistake; rather, the biggest mistake is not learning anything from it. Only by acknowledging one's mistakes and having the mentality to learn from them does a person gradually become a little better. That's exactly what I'm learning, little by little, every day.