Move On

A baby learns to walk by falling down, getting up and falling down. She discovers what causes her to fall down and then avoids that so that she falls down less and less. Eventually she is walking like a pro. But nobody starts out strutting . Falling is part of the learning process.

We all make mistakes. That's how we learn. We amble down our path; we trip and fall. We get up, evaluate what tripped us up and then make darned sure to avoid that particular thing in the future. There are, however, other less productive, responses to mistakes. For instance, we can pretend we didn't make a mistake, or that the mistake was someone else's or we can simply lay there and cry about the mistake.

Pretending a mistake wasn't made only works for the pretender. Everyone else can see that we fell down, no matter how hard we pretend. So we end up simply looking foolish. Can you see the folly in blaming another person for our mis-step? Oh yeah, it is definitely his fault that I had to break my diet, my sobriety, my honesty... Really?? Ya, think?

And focusing on the fall, letting it keep you on the ground indefinitely doesn't get you down the road. Rest there until you are feeling better, but get back up as soon as you can!

Precious friends, you have places to go and wonder to experience. Don't let a simple mistake stop you in your tracks. Dust off your backside, get your balance and move on. You can do it. I'll help if I can. Because I love you. Bunches.