I have agreed to participate in the 10-Day 5-Min writing challenge. This challenge is sponsored by Kate Motaung and all the info you need to join in can be found HERE! She gives a topic for each day and you spend 5 minutes writing about whatever comes to mind on that subject.
MISTAKE
Albert Einstein once said, "Anyone who hasn't made a MISTAKE, hasn't tried anything new."
I would also say, "Anyone who hasn't made a MISTAKE is either lying or is dead."
At my age, I am still in the process of learning that MISTAKES can be learned from in order to avoid such MISTAKES the next time. It hasn't been an easy lesson to learn.
Recently, I heard the following story and it had such an impact on me. I wished that I had been more like this mother and would not have made so many MISTAKES in helping my own children deal with theirs.
This story was told by a great scientist from an experience when he was around 2 or 3 years old.
He told about trying to take a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling the milk all over the kitchen floor. He described it as a "white sea of milk"
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him as I no doubt would have done, giving him a lecture as I no doubt have done, or punishing him - guilty again, she said, "Robert, I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well the damage has been done, so would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?" Of course, that is exactly what he wanted to do.
After a few minutes, his mother said, "You know Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you prefer using?" He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.
His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go outside and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it."
The little boy soon learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. From this lesson, taught by a very wise mother, this renowned scientist learned that he didn't need to be afraid to make MISTAKES. They are just opportunities to learn something new.
We are going to make MISTAKES! It's just going to happen. The seriousness of the consequences however will vary. Only if all our MISTAKES could be erased or cleaned up as easily as the spilled milk. But, we can still learn from them and hopefully pass lessons learned on to someone else.
There is One who knows all the MISTAKES we've made and has made a way of forgiveness and erasing them to never be held against us again. That was done through the blood shed by Jesus Christ on the cross.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."
Rom 3:23-24
MISTAKE
Albert Einstein once said, "Anyone who hasn't made a MISTAKE, hasn't tried anything new."
I would also say, "Anyone who hasn't made a MISTAKE is either lying or is dead."
At my age, I am still in the process of learning that MISTAKES can be learned from in order to avoid such MISTAKES the next time. It hasn't been an easy lesson to learn.
Recently, I heard the following story and it had such an impact on me. I wished that I had been more like this mother and would not have made so many MISTAKES in helping my own children deal with theirs.
This story was told by a great scientist from an experience when he was around 2 or 3 years old.
He told about trying to take a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling the milk all over the kitchen floor. He described it as a "white sea of milk"
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him as I no doubt would have done, giving him a lecture as I no doubt have done, or punishing him - guilty again, she said, "Robert, I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well the damage has been done, so would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?" Of course, that is exactly what he wanted to do.
After a few minutes, his mother said, "You know Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you prefer using?" He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.
His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go outside and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it."
The little boy soon learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. From this lesson, taught by a very wise mother, this renowned scientist learned that he didn't need to be afraid to make MISTAKES. They are just opportunities to learn something new.
We are going to make MISTAKES! It's just going to happen. The seriousness of the consequences however will vary. Only if all our MISTAKES could be erased or cleaned up as easily as the spilled milk. But, we can still learn from them and hopefully pass lessons learned on to someone else.
There is One who knows all the MISTAKES we've made and has made a way of forgiveness and erasing them to never be held against us again. That was done through the blood shed by Jesus Christ on the cross.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."
Rom 3:23-24
Well, good grief, this brought tears to my eyes. What a mother!!!!!
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