Grateful for My Mistakes

by CL Hendricks
(Weatherford, TX)

At 52, almost 53, I've discovered that I'm grateful for my mistakes. You know all those stupid, know-better, wish-I'd-listened, almost-a-tradegy, regretful mistakes we make in our younger (and not-so-younger) days.

I can look back and realize that my life certainly didn't go in the way I envisioned it back in my innocent and naive youth. But instead of regretting the direction my life has taken, I realize that I'm grateful for my mistakes. I'm also grateful for the mistakes I didn't make.

I'm grateful for those times when I prayed desperately for a certain result, and the answer I received was "No...not even gonna happen!"

You see I've realized that if I hadn't gone through some of those experiences and had those disappointments, that I would be a very different person today. Perhaps I would be less aware of what's going on in the world, perhaps I would be more judgmental of other's mistakes and less understanding of human weakness.

Perhaps I would not be the strong person I am. Perhaps I would be less honest with myself and others.

So, I'm grateful for my mistakes...maybe they weren't mistakes. Perhaps they were all part of a plan to get me to this point where I can be a blessing to others.

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