Good morning all, nice to be here

SEE MISTAKES AS UNIQUE LESSONS INSTEAD OF REGRETS

Regrets…
You probably have had lots of them.

“I wish I was more diligent while at school.
I’d have climbed the corporate ladder faster.”

“Why didn’t I take our relationship more seriously?
We’d have been happily married by now.”

“I wish I could turn back the hands of the clock.
I wouldn’t have made the mistakes that killed that venture.”

Regrets…
who doesn’t indulge in them now and then?

It’s true.
You haven’t attained the height you aspire to.

So it’s true.
You are still trying to sort out your life,
yet age is no longer on your side.

But these are past mistakes, errors, and failures, right?
Why not confine them to the past where they belong?
Why do you keep dredging them up?

Why should you continue to beat
up yourself because of them?

Here are some famous opinions about regrets.

“You don't learn to walk by following rules.
You learn by doing and by falling over.”
- Richard Branson

“Anyone who has never made
a mistake has never tried anything new.”
- Albert Einstein

“Don’t waste a good mistake, learn from it.”
- Robert Kiyosaki

In other words, learn from your mistakes.
Don’t dwell on them.

Failure makes you realize you
were poorly prepared for that project.

It means you still have to
acquire new knowledge.

A letdown lets you know you need to get new skills.
Or improve on what you have.

How do you look at mistakes?
This will tell you how fast you can learn from them.
And, then, move ahead.

A mistake gives you the opportunity
to learn better about yourself.
It shows you how you were unable
to relate theory to practice;
it gauges your knowledge,
and it shows how well you can perform.

This should make you prepare better for
the next chance.

Napoleon Hill captured this point succinctly when he said,
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries
with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit’.

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results has been defined as insanity.

It is the same when you repeatedly analyze your situation.
You are living a life of regrets while expecting better outcomes.

Accept the mistake.
Learn from it.
Then, move on.

A wise person does not make the same mistake twice.

The former US President, Bill Clinton made the following remarks.
“If you live for long, you'll make mistakes. However, if you understand and learn from your mistakes, you'll be a better individual. It's how you handle hardships, not how it has affected you. The key thing is never to give up, and never quit.”

That is to say, nobody is free from mistakes.
The wise person will accept and learn from their mistakes.
The ordinary person becomes engrossed in past errors.
And continues to live regretfully.

Winston Churchill buttresses this point when he said,
“All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes”.

Let your mistakes open your eyes.
Then see them as stepping stones to greater possibilities.
Never consider your mistakes as barriers to your joy and success.

Okay… so are you fighting a divorce in court;
is your business going under;
are you heavily in debt,
or have you failed that major exam?

You need to be clear about this.
Nothing remains forever.
Things change.

The harshest storm eventually stops.
The thick ominous clouds sooner or later disperse
for the bright sunshine.
The darkest night finally gives way to the daylight.

Oscar Wilde once said,
“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”

So, dry up your tears.
Get up on your feet.
Face life courageously.
Fix your eyes on your goal.

And, now, consider the conclusion of the whole matter.
“It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
- Bill Gates

Did you enjoy this article?
Then, share it with your family, friends, and associates.
Do you have any questions or comments?
Let us know in the comments section.

Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Morning
"Looking unto Jesus." Hebrews 12:2

It is ever the Holy Spirit's work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus; but Satan's work is just the opposite of this, for he is constantly trying to make us regard ourselves instead of Christ. He insinuates, "Your sins are too great for pardon; you have no faith; you do not repent enough; you will never be able to continue to the end; you have not the joy of his children; you have such a wavering hold of Jesus." All these are thoughts about self, and we shall never find comfort or assurance by looking within. But the Holy Spirit turns our eyes entirely away from self: he tells us that we are nothing, but that "Christ is all in all." Remember, therefore, it is not thy hold of Christ that saves thee--it is Christ; it is not thy joy in Christ that saves thee--it is Christ; it is not even faith in Christ, though that be the instrument--it is Christ's blood and merits; therefore, look not so much to thy hand with which thou art grasping Christ, as to Christ; look not to thy hope, but to Jesus, the source of thy hope; look not to thy faith, but to Jesus, the author and finisher of thy faith. We shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doings, or our feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the soul. If we would at once overcome Satan and have peace with God, it must be by "looking unto Jesus." Keep thine eye simply on him; let his death, his sufferings, his merits, his glories, his intercession, be fresh upon thy mind; when thou wakest in the morning look to him; when thou liest down at night look to him. Oh! let not thy hopes or fears come between thee and Jesus; follow hard after him, and he will never fail thee.

"My hope is built on nothing less

Than Jesus' blood and righteousness:

I dare not trust the sweetest frame,

But wholly lean on Jesus' name."

Evening
"But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods." Exodus 7:12

This incident is an instructive emblem of the sure victory of the divine handiwork over all opposition. Whenever a divine principle is cast into the heart, though the devil may fashion a counterfeit, and produce swarms of opponents, as sure as ever God is in the work, it will swallow up all its foes. If God's grace takes possession of a man, the world's magicians may throw down all their rods; and every rod may be as cunning and poisonous as a serpent, but Aaron's rod will swallow up their rods. The sweet attractions of the cross will woo and win the man's heart, and he who lived only for this deceitful earth will now have an eye for the upper spheres, and a wing to mount into celestial heights. When grace has won the day the worldling seeks the world to come. The same fact is to be observed in the life of the believer. What multitudes of foes has our faith had to meet! Our old sins--the devil threw them down before us, and they turned to serpents. What hosts of them! Ah, but the cross of Jesus destroys them all. Faith in Christ makes short work of all our sins. Then the devil has launched forth another host of serpents in the form of worldly trials, temptations, unbelief; but faith in Jesus is more than a match for them, and overcomes them all. The same absorbing principle shines in the faithful service of God! With an enthusiastic love for Jesus difficulties are surmounted, sacrifices become pleasures, sufferings are honours. But if religion is thus a consuming passion in the heart, then it follows that there are many persons who profess religion but have it not; for what they have will not bear this test. Examine yourself, my reader, on this point. Aaron's rod proved its heaven-given power. Is your religion doing so? If Christ be anything he must be everything. O rest not till love and faith in Jesus be the master passions of your soul!

Even the owl understands love ❤️ - what is our excuse.

Anubhav Jain wrote:

A pigeon laid eggs on a Banyan tree.

Three little baby pigeons hatched from the little eggs.

Mother pigeon loved them and took good care of them.

She was a wise bird, before teaching her kids how to fly, she taught them the basics of survival, especially how to deal with other strong animals.

One day while mother pigeon was out to get food, a dog arrived on the ground beneath the tree.

The little baby birds caught his eye and he felt hungry.

Going up wasn't possible for him thus he tried to lure them with his words.

He barked at them-

“Hey you unworthy little birds, why are you resting in a nest? Can't you fly? Or maybe you don't know how to fly, hahaha”

The little babies didn't reply.

He barked again and said-

“Prove me that you can fly, take a jump, or I will assume that your mother is a failure and couldn’t even teach you the basics of being a bird”

The little birds had learned to fly but were still not confident to not fall.

Finally one of the birds replied-

“We don't fly to prove our flying skills to any unworthy animal, we fly for ourselves, to get food, to build a nest, to enjoy. Though you are free to show off your barking skills”

The dog kept barking for half an hour but didn't get any further replies.

Finally, he went away, in search of some rotten meat, left by a carnivore.

When the little kids narrated the incident to their mother, she hugged them and had tears of happiness in her eyes.

Proving yourself to someone means-

1. That person believes that you are unworthy.

2. You are reaffirming their belief by trying to prove yourself to them.

3. Your goals are being guided by their doubts.

4. You may make wrong decisions in aggression and rush to prove yourself.
You may waste your precious time and energy.

Live for yourself, prove whatever you need to prove to yourself and not to others!

Or you will end up being prey to someone's ill desires.

Good day everyone

Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Morning
"Only ye shall not go very far away." Exodus 8:28

This is a crafty word from the lip of the arch-tyrant Pharaoh. If the poor bondaged Israelites must needs go out of Egypt, then he bargains with them that it shall not be very far away; not too far for them to escape the terror of his arms, and the observation of his spies. After the same fashion, the world loves not the non-conformity of nonconformity, or the dissidence of dissent; it would have us be more charitable and not carry matters with too severe a hand. Death to the world, and burial with Christ, are experiences which carnal minds treat with ridicule, and hence the ordinance which sets them forth is almost universally neglected, and even condemned. Worldly wisdom recommends the path of compromise, and talks of "moderation." According to this carnal policy, purity is admitted to be very desirable, but we are warned against being too precise; truth is of course to be followed, but error is not to be severely denounced. "Yes," says the world, "be spiritually minded by all means, but do not deny yourself a little gay society, an occasional ball, and a Christmas visit to a theatre. What's the good of crying down a thing when it is so fashionable, and everybody does it?" Multitudes of professors yield to this cunning advice, to their own eternal ruin. If we would follow the Lord wholly, we must go right away into the wilderness of separation, and leave the Egypt of the carnal world behind us. We must leave its maxims, its pleasures, and its religion too, and go far away to the place where the Lord calls his sanctified ones. When the town is on fire, our house cannot be too far from the flames. When the plague is abroad, a man cannot be too far from its haunts. The further from a viper the better, and the further from worldly conformity the better. To all true believers let the trumpet-call be sounded, "Come ye out from among them, be ye separate."

Evening
"Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called." 1 Corinthians 7:20

Some persons have the foolish notion that the only way in which they can live for God is by becoming ministers, missionaries, or Bible women. Alas! how many would be shut out from any opportunity of magnifying the Most High if this were the case. Beloved, it is not office, it is earnestness; it is not position, it is grace which will enable us to glorify God. God is most surely glorified in that cobbler's stall, where the godly worker, as he plies the awl, sings of the Saviour's love, aye, glorified far more than in many a prebendal stall where official religiousness performs its scanty duties. The name of Jesus is glorified by the poor unlearned carter as he drives his horse, and blesses his God, or speaks to his fellow labourer by the roadside, as much as by the popular divine who, throughout the country, like Boanerges, is thundering out the gospel. God is glorified by our serving him in our proper vocations. Take care, dear reader, that you do not forsake the path of duty by leaving your occupation, and take care you do not dishonour your profession while in it. Think little of yourselves, but do not think too little of your callings. Every lawful trade may be sanctified by the gospel to noblest ends. Turn to the Bible, and you will find the most menial forms of labour connected either with most daring deeds of faith, or with persons whose lives have been illustrious for holiness. Therefore be not discontented with your calling. Whatever God has made your position, or your work, abide in that, unless you are quite sure that he calls you to something else. Let your first care be to glorify God to the utmost of your power where you are. Fill your present sphere to his praise, and if he needs you in another he will show it you. This evening lay aside vexatious ambition, and embrace peaceful content.