Lessons Learned From My Mistakes

"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing" (Henry Ford). The path to success is filled with road blocks of mistakes. While at the time they seem like set backs the knowledge gained from a mistake is priceless. Mistakes are some of the key characteristic that will define a person. Mistakes provided guidance, for people as they mature. Mistakes are vital for a person too mature as they are the pinnacle point of learning. Even more so a person tends to have one mistake in where they derive most of their learning. For myself, this one mistake was perusing a women far longer than what I should have, but I from this mistake I learned two amazing lessons, which are that I should always hold a certain level of priority for myself, …show more content…
I had just entered high school, at the ripe age of puberty when all my hormones were running rampant and women were the one though on my mind. Especially this one women, she was a small little petite gal, with and a amazing smile, long hair, and dark brown eyes. Yet, there were two things that really got to me about this women, her ever so teasing personality and of course her body. My mistake began on the first day of high school as my locker was planted firmly next too her and my heart screamed at me to get her number, I did. That was the start of the long twisty road of my mistake, that would lead me to asks why did I even say hi to this mistake. But, for the first month it was amazing I thought I had discovered the love of my life, and of course nothing was going to change that thought process. For the next several weeks or months I followed her like a puppy dog doing what ever she asked, in hopes that one day she would love me. Let me tell you, she asked a lot, often but, to no avail she never loved me. Sadly but this continued over and over, this mistake was teaching me all sorts of lessons I just couldn't see them. My saving grace came about midway through the year when she had too move far a way, if it wasn't for that I'd most likely be head over boot for her right now. So there is the general story of my horrendous mistake so now we can move onto what lessons …show more content…
Through out this mistake the women had a tendency to devalue me, on various thing such as having me preform some degrading actions. Disappointingly it wasn't till after this mistake was all said and done that I had discovered the true value of my self. You see I have this quote I really like and it goes as so "If you don't think your great, than who will?" (Durr). After this mistake and hearing this quote from my wonderful history professor Randy Durr I now carry a certain level a self esteem. This self esteem will be invaluable for the rest of my life and especially career and I have a mistake to thank for