Making a mistake
Last night I wrote a blog post on Heal Your Mind
Time about making a mistake and how to deal with it.
I know that people struggle with this. I was just
talking with someone about a potential scandal bubbling in the Vatican, which seems to be
all part of the cleansing process. With the power of the internet, there is
every possibility that a mistake, sin or whatever you call it, will come to
light. Nothing can be hidden. It makes for a time of chaos and recrimination.
At work, people’s activity is closely monitored
through their computer and through data recording. I think this is all to the
good. It’s part of evolution. If you are caught up in it, it’s a challenge. If
we make a mistake, it cannot be hidden. Standards go up, more is expected of
people.
What is missing is compassion. A kind of
perfection is expected, when a computer is used to measure performance. Virtual
reality can be perfect. In the real world, we’re still subject to all the
vagaries of human error.
So a teacher who writes a few off duty comments
about pupils can be sacked. Pre social media days, she would have confided in her diary
or in a close, trusted friend. She might have worked for years, and been an excellent teacher.
This sort of thing leads to an atmosphere of
blame and fear. I want to remind people
that we are all fallible human beings. We do make mistakes. And some people’s
mistakes are so serious and harmful to their victims that they should be
sacked, or locked up.
But even for those people, there should be hope.
They should not be regarded as sub human, but should be encouraged to
understand themselves more clearly.
I believe that the Universal Intelligence from
which we come has an Idea of each person, which is perfect. God, to use that
familiar term, is the Mind from which we come. The Perfect Idea of me or you
may not be perfectly expressed. Seeing
ourselves as weak, powerless, or even bad, we don’t have a self concept that is
anything like God’s idea of us.
But we can see ourselves differently. Even
though we have made mistakes and think that we could have done so much better,
at any moment, we can say:
No matter what I have done or not done in the
past….
No matter what my current situation is (sick,
poor, in trouble of any kind)
No matter what seems to be impossible to change
in my life
No matter how old I am,
No matter what other people think of me
No matter what I have thought of myself right up
to this moment,
I now declare, affirm and decree:-
I am still as God created me.
I am a Perfect Idea that God is expressing.
I am far more than I have shown in my life so
far.
And even though I do not know consciously how to
do it,
My intention is to express God’s idea of me,
For the good of myself and all beings.
And so it is from this moment on.
Reading in the article (see link below), The Courage to be Imperfect, I am reminded that this Idea of Perfection is not a standard of measurement. It's more a seal of approval. I am OK in my essence. The mistakes and shortcomings are part of being human. I and all of us need to "Get over it" and live fully, not "perfectly" in some moral sense. Perfect in our imperfection.
Reading in the article (see link below), The Courage to be Imperfect, I am reminded that this Idea of Perfection is not a standard of measurement. It's more a seal of approval. I am OK in my essence. The mistakes and shortcomings are part of being human. I and all of us need to "Get over it" and live fully, not "perfectly" in some moral sense. Perfect in our imperfection.
Recommended book
I am inspired by the work of Louise Hay, and am reminded of her inner child work. If we received a lot of criticism as children, our self esteem may be very fragile and any mistake or criticism from others could be devastating, even if it is a small thing. If this is true for you, please get her book and begin to let go of childhood conditioning.
