Life is what you make it and can have its ups and downs and mistakes.

Canada
August 26, 2010 12:33pm CST
I have had alot going on in my life and have realized so much that I was being so immature and childish with hurt feelings and stress in my life that I was lashing out at everyone around me and wasn't seeing that they were being there for me....I've made so many mistakes that I'm not proud of and can't change and I wish I could but all I can do now is learn from my mistakes and move forward and be happy in life.... I believe I'm stronger because of the mistakes I've made and have had to learn from and I will only be a better person because I can admit to them....Also I may make mistakes in the future but that is also a part of life.....I just am sad to see so many relationships I've had fall and have lost because of my immature ways....Please share your stories with me HappyMylotting.
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• Canada
26 Aug 10
I think everyone at some point in time makes a mistake, or does or says something that they aren't proud of. It is all part of life! BUT the main thing is that you learn from it and try to prevent it from happening again in the future. That is all anyone really can do!
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• Canada
26 Aug 10
You are so right on that and yes it is all a part of life.....Thanks for your response take care.
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@ynahh1 (454)
27 Aug 10
We cant never undo the damage of our mistake if were not trying to fixed it up..Mistakes can be your motivation.Instead of downing yourself,try to stand up and make a new start.The important is you learned your lesson.
• Canada
27 Aug 10
So true ynahh I don't think i'm really dowing myself just getting over the past hurt and learning from my mistake I know it will get better in time and I'm going to have a fresh start.
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@mabey1 (334)
• Romania
26 Aug 10
if you recognized this it means that you have grown a lot, you became more amture than you were before. it's never to late to change things, even it means that you change yourself how you act. i do belive that your life is how you made it to be. i was about two years ago when in a seminar i was told that where i am now in life, how my life is, everything about it is the resolt of my decisons that i made 5 years ago. so ever since than i'm trying to live so after 5 years i would and up in the place where i want to be in 5 years.
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• Canada
27 Aug 10
thank you for sharing your story with me and yes that is so true I want to look ahead and see where I would like to be in 5 years happymylotting.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 10
Sweetie Everyone learns by their mistakes all through their Lifes As you say you can only learn from them and make sure that you do not make them again yes there will be more mistakes no doubt there will be but that is the lesson to Life, just sometimes we have to learn the hard way before we realise and that is what hurts more but that is what they call, well you would not learn the easy way so this is the only way to learn But you are doing right go forward and learn from your mistake Hugs
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• Canada
29 Aug 10
Hugzzzzzzzzzz Sweetie thanks for that and you are so right I am one of those people that learn the hard way but it's making me a better person today and I'm moving forward with life lots of love Sweets.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
29 Aug 10
There are many People that do Sweetie but well sometimes it is the best way to learn
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• Canada
29 Aug 10
i so agree that yes it can be the best way to learn...hugzzzzz
@bokal2703 (802)
• Philippines
26 Aug 10
If Ms Philippines gave that answer to the judge, she might have won the title. =) Anyway, it is nice that you realized your mistakes and it is a good start that you acknowledge it and willing to make it better. As for me, I used to be too possessive of things and people I love the most that it almost suffocate them. So just like you I have already started to do my part to change for the better and to learn from those wrong things that I have done.
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• Canada
26 Aug 10
I agree ... We are all only human so yes we are going to make mistakes as none is perfect, but as long as you learn from it, then their is a good chance that you can move on with your life and not repeat it!
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• Canada
26 Aug 10
Yup I agree everyone is human and it a learning experience
• Canada
26 Aug 10
That is great that you have and I think at some point we have all felt that way but it's how we choose to deal with it that can make all the difference happymylotting.
• Philippines
27 Aug 10
Honestly I like making mistakes, not because of the fun but because it makes me a better person. It changes me. It molds my characters. The most exciting part of making mistake is that it takes a lot of humility to admit you make one.
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• Canada
27 Aug 10
I've never looked at it like that before but yes it does make us who we are.
27 Aug 10
I think when your sad its because you choose to be sad or when your happy its because you choose to feel that way not really because you are.
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• Canada
27 Aug 10
That can be true but I'm not really choosing to be sad right now I just feel sad for the lost friendship but am extremly happy right now at the same time for something else that happened in my life recently
@silverglint (2000)
• Philippines
27 Aug 10
We all have mistakes that we are not proud of. We can't take back what we have done or hurts that we have caused other people, but we can try to make amends. We can try to restore the relationship and be more careful this time. We all have to experience these things in order to learn in life. The important thing is to learn the lesson and not make the same mistakes again
• Canada
27 Aug 10
So very true we all make mistakes that we cannot change but learn from them I am sad to say I don't believe it's enough to mend the friendship I once had as a result of my mistakes i made but I'm feeling better in knowing we have accepted each others aplogy and explained and listened to each other.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
27 Aug 10
hi blueandelrs I made a lot of errors in the months before my son lost his job. I knew he was unhappy as they had hired him with the promise of forty one thousand a year and in four months had been so lousy business men they had to renege on his wages and cut his salary to 19 dollars an hour for computer programming. He said he really should look for another job but hated the hassle. right then I should have said,do look for another job now, you are unhappy and there are other jobs out there.but I did not do it and then suddenly they bombed out and laid him off. And then the economy had suddenly changed, no jobs and the companies he applied to were actually starting to lay off men and women. My son was fifty,and I was retired at 83 but with only a small social security check. I should have been contributing something though as we were paying so much more rent than ever before now suddenly the economy was horrid, and he was jobless we were out of money and were behind in rent so of course a manager being a blood sucking vermon immediately evicted us. we were made homeless. now I am here in this tiresome retirement center, and hurray he has now got a job, he is still in the gov;sponsored apt with three other men.oh I am stronger for having seen so many here so m uch much worse off physically and mentally than myself. but I dislike the loss of personhood here. we are planning to eventually get enough money to rent another apartment and move in together again.
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• Canada
27 Aug 10
oh wow tough times indeed Hatley but I'm so happy to hear things are looking up for you and your son and I guess we can't change the past just learn from it to see what we want to do in the future....Thanks for sharing your story with me..
@GemmaR (8517)
26 Aug 10
I am a huge believer of saying that life is what you make it. I hate it when things are going wrong in the lives of my friends and then they sit and blame everyone else apart from theirselves. Even though things happen in our lives which are not our fault, I do believe that it is what we do about the situation that defines what happens next.
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• Canada
26 Aug 10
I agree and you are right we define how we want to handle a sitation or how to deal with it thanks for your response.
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@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
27 Aug 10
As long as we live are required to always learn from the mistakes we've ever done. I also experienced like you. I've made the mistakes that have hurt people I care about. I feel sorry and always blamed myself, if any mistake have I done. Because of these problems, I have no friends anymore. But I now have to get up and do not dissolve in sadness. Happiness has come now, because people I loved to forgive my mistake. I will not miss this opportunity to change for the better.
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• Canada
27 Aug 10
that is great and yes don't miss out on the opportunity if your friends are forigivng you for your mistakes that is wonderful happymylotting.