From my previous article, I have talked about mistakes and how we are meant to make one, or two, or maybe a lot. We are meant to make mistakes, it is part of life, and whether we like it or not, it goes hand and hand with success.
Our every success will always be associated with mistakes and failure. It's like answering a mathematical problem that needs trial and error. There is no shame in making mistakes however, if we habitually make one, that's when it would become shameful.
Mistakes are good but only if we will use it as an avenue for learning so that on our next try, we'll know better and that we'll not make the same mistake again.
Mistakes have the power to help us, it's part of our growth, but we are hindering its power if we don't recognize our own mistakes and blame it to others instead. Or worst, make alibis for it.
Now, let me ask you these questions.
How many times did you not do what you have to do and in the end, make excuses for it?
How many times did you say you'll do something but you end up not doing anything in the end?
How many times did you delay of doing something even though you're free at the moment?
How many times did you made a mistake and chose to not acknowledge it?
How many times did you make a mistake and blame it on others?
How many times did you know you were wrong but you still chose to make excuses for it?
How many times did you lie about something just to save yourself from scolding or maybe humiliation?
You made a mistake and you know it. Yet, you chose to make excuses for it. You don't want to take the blame so you just blame it to someone, or even to something.
This hurts. I wasn't able to dodge my own questions and I was hit right on the spot. Guilty as charged. I won't come clean on this alibi thingy. I remember plenty of times that I made an alibi. I always plan my to-do list daily but end up not accomplishing anything and I can tell a countless reasons why I wasn't able to do it even though I know that the sole reason for it is my laziness.
I also have fair share of mistakes which I denied that I did. I also have many mistakes what I didn't own up, I put the blame on others, I was adamant to accept it. There are times that my pride is too high that I won't accept that I was wrong and I'll keep on insisting that I was right.
There are countless of times that I made an alibi for not being able to do what they have told me to do. I was once an habitual liar and I've learned my lesson. There's no benefit that I can get from it.
Mistakes are meant to help us, to teach us, to make us grow and when we failed to accept that we make mistakes and make excuses for it, we are giving up the chance to change and improve.
So, a friendly reminder, let's not waste our time planning the things that we should do and afterwards, explaining why we weren't able to do it. I mean, I get it, it's just way easier to find excuses than to find time to do the things that we need to do but we shouldn't be like that.
If we want to be successful, then let's also accept experiencing failure. But note that experiencing failure doesn't mean we failed or that we are a failure, we are only becoming a failure if we keep on becoming experts at making excuses.
Let's start doing, let's start finding a way instead of finding for an alibi just to cover up our mistakes. Maybe we thought we are covering it but no, we're not. Because the moment we make an excuse for a mistake we made, we already made two mistakes.
Let's not waste our time, energy, and creativeness trying to think of a way to save and justify ourselves. Instead, let's use all those resources that we have into learning from the mistake we made and to doing and being better the next time.
What's keeping you from doing anything? It's high time to stop all those excuses and to start making progress. If we really want to do something, for sure, we can find a way to do that something. As the saying goes, "if there's a will, there's a way". And the others who didn't really want to do something will always keep on looking excuses for it.
I'm going to repeat this again... Mistakes are good but only if we learn from it. And we can't learn from it if we won't acknowledge it. Mistakes have the power to make or break us. If we continue to hinder it's power to help us, all the more reason that it will break us. But if we accept it and not make excuses for it, then we will be able to learn from it. Therefore, it would lead us to change for the better and to improve, and eventually, to success.
Take note: If you want to be successful, then do something. It's not a matter of luck and if someone told you that it is, don't buy that alibi.
With that, let me leave you with this verse from Proverbs 14:23 saying: "All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty."
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Article No. 158
Date: November 12, 2021
By: immaryandmerry
Topic: Life lessons, mistakes, learning
Guilty as charged (2). As in, I can't even count how many times I used random alibis just to somehow justify what I did. Just like the common 'procrastination" thingy. I said to myself that I'll avoid it this semester but where am I right now? Nagpro-procrastinate pa din. Ang reason ko? Pagod eh, bukas na lang kasi madali lang naman s'ya. Mga ganiyan pero minsan, tinatamad lang kasi talaga. Feeling drained, ganun. Hehe. 'Di ko maiwasan, sa totoo lang pero mas maraming times naman na nasu-surpass ko ang araw na 'di nagpro-procrastinate. And, I'm so proud to myself kapag ganun.