Bumbling is Humbling

Once I get past my initial dismay over making a dumb mistake or a poor decision, I feel gratitude for having made it. Rather than beat myself up for my errors, I challenge myself to look for the lessons in the mess I just made. Whether you believe that specific things happen in order to deliver specific lessons is irrelevant. No matter what the circumstances are, a brief excursion into introspection never fails to produce ideas on how I can become better and how I can avoid screwing up like that the next time the opportunity presents itself.

It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.
Saint Teresa of Avila

My mistakes remind me that perfection is an unreasonable goal and that humility is a necessary portal to enlightenment. Humility in no way implies inability, inferiority, or insignificance. The wise among us discover that in humility lies true strength and empowerment.

Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
George Soros

Humility brings me closer to God. When I feel humble, it is obvious to me that, although I feel that I am special, so is everyone else and I am no more special than anyone else. Beware of the false sense of superiority as you walk your spiritual path. Greater awareness and deeper understanding do not mean that you are better than, smarter than, or more compassionate than anyone else. You may have an expanded field of vision, but your heart does not leap for joy or weep with sorrow any more intensely than anyone else’s.

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.
Cuban proverb

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