Hello, dear one!
Do you still catch yourself talking about past mistakes? Do you still occasionally regret a decision you made?
Maybe I should have chosen a better career path. I wish that I had spent more time with my parents and listened to my children more. I could have followed my heart more.
This list will go on and on, as you focus on the outcomes of melancholy.
What if everything was perfect the way it was?
What if all you need is to change your perspective looking at each event? You may be salient and even enlightened at how they have served your growth.
Irish writer James Joyce wasn’t joking when he said, “Mistakes are portals of discovery.”
Here is a “mistake” story to induce a chuckle.
Many years ago in San Francisco, a canvas company specialized in camping products.
One day, a worker in the purchasing department made an error, which caused the company to store hundreds of excessive yards of canvas in the warehouse.
However, some guy who worked in the warehouse had an idea after staring at these fabrics for months.
He suggested, “Hey, these materials look pretty sturdy. How about making pants with them?”
This was the birth of Levi’s Jeans.
Someone said that there are no mistakes in life, just lessons.
Each decision, good or bad looking retrospectively, was at the level of your self-awareness.
Because of the consequences of each decision, you either have learned a lesson, or it will repeat until you’re made to be aware.
These events or lessons are here to help us to grow, raising our consciousness by aligning us with the Creator.
If you’re sincerely convinced that you made a mistake and feel regretful, let’s review the story of the prodigal son as a prelude to a happy ending.
Once upon a time, an old man had two sons.
The younger son asked him, “Father, give me my share of the estate (Luke 15:12).” So the father granted his son’s wish by dividing his assets into two portions.
The younger son took his money and run with it.
Along with the careless squandering, the younger son lost all his money and had to take on jobs to tend the pigs for others.
At one point, he was so hungry that he was drooling over the pigs’ pots.
However, God never forsaken him in despair as he received a flash of ideas: “Why not beg my father to hire me? I’ll confess to my father that I wronged him and want to work in his field.”
He headed home immediately.
When he was still far away from his father’s house, his father saw him, and his heart was filled with compassion.
He ran to his lost son, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. The father ordered servants to put on the best robe for his son and celebrate his return with a feast galore.
How this prodigal son was embraced after returning home should be your standard resolution whenever you feel that you’ve made a mistake.
When you fall below your expectations, God looks at you with nothing but love.
Will God say to a falling child, “Get up, you little dummy!”
That’s you who are talking to yourself.
Physically you may have done something that you’re not proud of; it’s a setback.
However, at a spiritual level, your biggest pain and setbacks are always your setups and promotions.
Sitting in the same spot, you can change your perspectives of views by moving your head.
Instead of asking yourself: Why is it happening to me?
Ask the right questions from a higher level of self-awareness: Why is it happening FOR me? What is it trying to reveal to me about myself? How can I emerge from this?
Then with gratitude for your answers, I dare you to turn your storyline into a glory line!
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