Mistakes: The Good Stuff

Mistakes. Who likes making them? No one that I am aware of. Most of us strive to live our lives mistake free. Will guess what? If your life is mistake free, have someone check your pulse because that probably means you are NOT living. LOL!!

Sisters, mistakes are inevitable. They are certain to occur in life. As a matter of fact, we should learn to expect them. They are a very necessary part of life. They are designed to teach us something about ourselves. They are not designed to hinder us. They are not designed to stifle our lives. If we use them effectively, they can be a huge help to us. (Yes, even the mistakes we keep making over and over and over again.)

I think sometimes we get so fixated on the mistake that we get stuck there emotionally and psychologically.  We forget to look for the good stuff, the lessons and blessings, that resulted from the mistakes. I’m learning that there is always some good in those situations if we can just calm down, refocus and look for the good; you know, expect some good to come from it.

So let’s try a different approach regarding our mistakes, a different perspective: look for the good stuff--our lessons and blessings in those mistake situations in our lives. I promise there is some good in that situation, most likely waiting on you to see it, staring you right in your face.

Are you looking for that good stuff? Are you looking for those lessons and blessings?

Remember…Sister U Matter!®