GUYS TALK
Taking It On The Chin...
Mistakes...
Ratanang Mogatusi
Everyday each one of us hopes to wake up with joy in
our hearts. We begin each day with the faith that we will
make it to its end; and the hope that we’ll make it to the
very next day. More than this, we hope to be triumphant
over the trials of each day as they come, and we do our
best to keep the world as we know it to be a hospitable
environment in which we can thrive. To accomplish this,
we try to take precautions to ensure that whatever we
do is safe, and everything that we venture upon will go
swimmingly. However, things do not always pan out as
we would like them to. In a moment of time everything
could change. A flaw in our plans, or a moment of weakness when we most need to be disciplined; and even a
brief second of distraction when we should be vigilant,
can spell disaster. Whichever one it may be, once you
have crossed that line and realise that there’s no going
back, it can be rather difficult coming to terms with your
mistakes.
It is quite easy to make mistakes. One minute you could
be living your life, happily following your heart, and going about your business. Then the very next minute,
things could be falling apart before your very eyes; leaving you bewildered at how could things have possibly
taken such a dramatic turn for the worse. It is rather frustrating, as it can make you feel foolish, and it can cause
you to feel great regret. This is not good as regret can
consume its host. It is like a disease of the heart that
can break one’s spirit. If one dwells too much upon it
they can lose sight of the beauty that lies in the future
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