A Proper View of Mistakes - WAYS TO COPE WITH MISTAKES

Often, when mistakes are made, a person spends much time and emotional energy apportioning blame or justifying what was said or done. Instead, when your worlds offend someone, why not simply apologize, put things right, and keep your friendship intact.  Have you done something wrong and caused inconvenience or worse to yourself or somebody else? Rather than berate  yourself or  accuse others, why not simply do your best to correct matters?  To insist that the fault lies elsewhere will almost certainly prolong unnecessary tension and allow the problem to intensify.  Instead, learn, correct, and move on.

When someone else makes a mistake, however, it is very easy for us to react in way that show disapproval.  How much better to follow the counsel of Jesus Christ when he said: "All things, therefore, that  you want me to do to you, you also must do to them."  (Matthew 7:12) When you make a mistake, even a trivial one, no doubt you want others to treat you with compassion or even to overlook your mistake completely.  So why not strive to show the same kindness toward others? - Ephesians 4:32.

Next time: A Proper View of Mistakes - PRINCIPLES THAT CAN HELP REDUCE MISTAKES

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