http://www.mspitt.com/2010/03/26/old-enough-to-have-regrets/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:20:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mspitt.com/2010/03/26/old-enough-to-have-regrets/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Rachel Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:17:41 +0000 http://www.mspitt.com/?p=979#comment-365 I don't think there's necessarily an age when this happens, but I wish it could happen for everyone. Accepting your mistakes with (as you say) "an open and accepting mind" is incredibly difficult---but incredibly freeing. I can't tell you how many YEARS I've wasted berating myself for my many, many failings. And then it occurred to me: feeling guilty was probably more a reflection of arrogance than anything else. Who am I to think I need to be perfect? How can I forgive the flaws and errors of others so freely, but refuse to return the favor to myself? Of course I made mistakes when I was 25; I didn't have my 33-year-old brain with me at that time. And of course I'll make mistakes when I'm 40, too. But it's okay: I'm human. The world would be a far more peaceful place if people learned to accept their mistakes and move on, to take their lessons learned and apply them to their lives, and to forgive themselves and others for (m)any faults. .-= Rachel´s last blog ..<a href="http://rachelanndavis.net/2010/04/01/in-memory-of-cody/" rel="nofollow">In Memory of Cody</a> =-. I don’t think there’s necessarily an age when this happens, but I wish it could happen for everyone. Accepting your mistakes with (as you say) “an open and accepting mind” is incredibly difficult—but incredibly freeing. I can’t tell you how many YEARS I’ve wasted berating myself for my many, many failings. And then it occurred to me: feeling guilty was probably more a reflection of arrogance than anything else. Who am I to think I need to be perfect? How can I forgive the flaws and errors of others so freely, but refuse to return the favor to myself? Of course I made mistakes when I was 25; I didn’t have my 33-year-old brain with me at that time. And of course I’ll make mistakes when I’m 40, too. But it’s okay: I’m human. The world would be a far more peaceful place if people learned to accept their mistakes and move on, to take their lessons learned and apply them to their lives, and to forgive themselves and others for (m)any faults.
.-= Rachel´s last blog ..In Memory of Cody =-.

]]>