Mistakes. Everyone makes them. So why do they so often haunt us as if we are the only ones to have ever failed? It may have happened a few days ago or even years ago but the heat still rises to your face every time you think of it. Maybe your angry at yourself for being so silly, or maybe just ashamed.
"Live life, we all stumble, it's ok."
The fact is that we can live past mistakes and grow through them, but the residue may always be there. Every event or happening in your life shapes who you are. Each choice, step, or misstep effects your future. You can never get back those moments of foolishness or careless pride.
On my mother's fridge is a quote: "Whatever you do today, remember that you are trading one day or your life for it." This question always haunts me. Each day I live I'm giving up; never to be able to go back and live it better.
So often, before we falter over the edge of that little mistake, we have a chance to choose another path. What might happen if we could but pause a little in the rush of our mad lives and lives a little more purposefully. Maybe we'd have fewer of those shameful remembrances. Maybe everyday we trade would be worth it.
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