Mistakes and Conditioning

Today we are thinking about how many mistakes are made by our lack of understanding or sometimes just a plain good ole mistake.

When I made a mistake by taking that job where the Boss was just a major pain in the butt, far more demanding than I was willing to give, what did I do?  I found another job.  Mistake over.  When I made a mistake by having the heat too high while trying to fry an egg, what did I do?  I threw out the crispy mess, washed the pan, turned down the heat and fried a new egg. 

When my Parents made mistakes by imparting into my mind things which just are not true, what did I do?  I took these mistakes as something that I had to live with.  When the scientists said that our DNA was everything and no matter what we desired, the DNA we were born with would determine our fate, what did you do?  You accepted this as truth even though we now know it was a mistake. 

The big question is why am I not treating others making mistakes with their interaction with me the same as when I, myself, make a mistake? 

Those others who made mistakes with me most probably just tried to give me wisdom from their own experience or what they thought was right.  This does not mean that it still holds as a truth today or that it even applies directly to me.  Perhaps it is time to stop being angry about the mistakes made with me and just go about my life accepting the wisdom of my own truth of myself at this moment.   Perhaps it is time to wash that pan and throw that crispy mess out. 

Instead of accepting that they did something to me, I am thinking they just made a mistake.  This mistake is one that I can either continue living with or let it go.