Reflections (6) – Short Notes (Part 2)

We learn from our mistakes/experiences!

There are times we are ridiculed because of an apparent lack of experience in performing a certain task. But, we should not be discouraged or dejected. When we learn from our mistakes, we are wiser and better off. We all started from somewhere. Whatever skills you have now, you learnt it from somewhere. You were not born with it. At the beginning we all sulked at the things we did. For instance, remember when children learn how to walk and how to talk. As we grew older, remember how we learnt reading, drawing, riding a bike, etc. How many times we failed before we became better? But we persisted and later became masters of the craft. I remember there were things I did that once aroused laughter but when I do the same things now they arouse applause of approval. So, do you sulk at what you do now? Do people laugh at you as a result? Don't be deterred. Persist without letup. Someday, you'll be the 'Oga' (Master) of the act.

You the one that is so proud and pompous because you are good at what you do, ridiculing others for their ineptitude, remember you were not born with those skills; once upon a time, you were just like the inexperienced one, a neophyte so to speak. Remember, someday the student will become a teacher and may even be better than his teachers.

So, we are not giving up. Tomorrow we won't make the same mistakes we made today. Yes, God willing tomorrow will be better.

On a side note, what makes us human is not being the best of who or what we are, what makes us human is the mistakes we make. Every man makes a mistake. If there's one who doesn't make a mistake, that one is not human. What matters more is not trying not to make mistakes but what you do with the mistakes you make. The best of men are those who learn from their mistakes, not those who don't make them. After all, it's often said that to err is human, but to forgive is divine.