Learn from our mistakes. It’s an oft spoken wisdom to many of us. It’s advice given to our graduates. Or to someone struggling through a rough time wrought from poor decisions.
We are not capable, however, of learning from other’s mistakes.
If this were so.
We would be a perfect breed of humanity. We would be living in peace. We would practice tolerance, respect and personal responsibility.
But within our makeup is a little glitch.
We have to learn and experience for ourselves.
Some of us have bigger glitches than others.
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I embrace my life long study of glitching. Learning. And never being perfect. On to further studies in this field!
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How dull I would be….to be perfect.
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When is the graduation party?
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I wanna come. 😉
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Welcome to the party Paulette! 🙂
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Every day!
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I thank the day I learn anything but mostly from my mistakes. 🙂
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I learn, and relearn, my lessons Paulette. 😀
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Yes, yes, yes…we can be aware of pitfalls from the mistakes of others, yet it is those we experience from our own life that truly teaches us. Thank you for this post. Ann
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You’re welcome Ann. And so true. I have watched others “error” only to find myself doing the same thing……
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Have a great week, keep writing, you inspire me! Ann
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Thank you so much Ann. 🙂
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I have a PHD in mistakes—-and continue to learn!
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I hear you Someone! As do I.
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Happy graduation day!
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Thank you April! I celebrate it every day I think. 😉
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Colleen, I truly believe you have learned from your glitches. I know I have learned sometimes, and other times have required more than one lesson. But I do continue to embrace the process. Take care, be safe. Bill
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We have to love this process don’t we Bill? Since we live it over and over and over again. 😉
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LOL life is sometimes just like “Groundhog Day” we keep doing it again and again and again until we finally do it right. Take care, Bill
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Congratulations for embracing your glitches and life lessons, Colleen! Also, if there really is a graduation, save me a piece of cake please! I would be happy to share in your celebrations! Smiles, Robin
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Well it wasn’t cake today. A mini blizzard had to do. But when the cake is had, I will share! 🙂
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Your post brought a smile to my face and nodding of my head. When it comes to glitching, I’ve got at lest a Master’s Degree. I also enjoyed your drawings.
Russ
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Thank you Russ. It’s amazing how we acquire so many credits for this degree program. 😉
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I hope that you get to my level of perfection somewhere’s down the road! 😉
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ME TOO HUCK! 🙂 I can only hope. 🙂
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Yes you can LOL
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Tell me where and when, I’ll be packed and ready to go. ❤
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Ah! The party is rounding out nicely!!!! Perhaps, we should hope for a party in Ireland. 😉
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Ireland, you say. Never been THERE! Ha ha. And hardly anywhere else.
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WHAT? Wait, didn’t you JUST travel around the world? 😉 So okay, if we do a blow out party it will be in Ireland . Agreed?
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Ab-so-lute-ly! 😀 😀 😀
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There is no glitch in your wisdom, Chatter Master. Does that mean its an epic FAIL? 😀
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Ha! 🙂 EPIC FAIL Degree is an entirely different degreed program! 😉
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Damn ur good….
I don’t even have my masters yet!
Some of us are more visual learners u know
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😉 Yes, I get the visual learning. I have a couple of years extra education under my belt too. 😉
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A whole new category you have coined, Colleen. You are so brilliant. Glitching. Perfect. Why have I not thought of that one, the glitcher that I am? 🙂
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You? A glitcher? 🙂 I can’t see it. But I do believe you. I can’t imagine there are very many of us who are glitch free. 🙂
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I never watch that S.H.I.E.L.D. show and you do. There’s a glitch in my taste for you!
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No no!!! Isn’t SHIELD the name of the secret service dudes on all of these movies I’m watching????
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The only super hero movie I watched was the Spider-Man one and I don’t remember and SHIELD in it. Kevin Coster was FBI but no SHIELD in that one. You are watching more movies than me now. For sure.
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Oh my…..well, you’re still one cool glitching friend. 😉
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That’s a big glitch in my hitch. Thanks, Colleen. I dropped my SHIELD and now you saw the real me.
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And I like you! (Did I just channel Mr. Rogers?) 🙂
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Good one! Cardigan worthy, Colleen.
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I agree, even though we can use empathy to learn about other people, personal experience still helps us the most. Wonderful post as always!
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Thank you Thomas. 🙂 I love your responses from your place in life compared to mine. I really look forward to the lessons you learn, and teach, Thomas.
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Ahh Colleen, I love the way you use your words to express our humanity. Thank you for giving me perspective and not take myself so seriously. I am the Queen of Glitches and have a lot of studying left to do. Have a wonderful week:)
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How do you do Queen Glitch! 😉 I’ll study along side you.
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Maybe I’ll join you at that party in Ireland, lots of fun studying to be done there;)
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WOOT! Let’s do it!
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Would be so fun! If we could ever make it happen
In there. Keep your Irish eyes smiling 🙂
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I will Mary! Thank you!
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Woot! I concur, it would be dull to be perfect. Sounds like a study we are all taking a part in. 🙂
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🙂 I’m glad to be in such a large class!
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WOO HOO!! 🙂 So Party at your house?!!
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Heck Yeah! 😉 With green smoothies!
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Our office staff is punctuated with college student interns. We have weekly staff meetings where we encourage anyone to voluntarily document their ‘blunder of the week” and tell what they learned through the mistake. The responses are documented and at the end of the school year we write them all up, vote, and the best blunder receives an award and a very nice gift. It’s all intended to be about learning from mistakes and not feeling so badly about making them in the first place, as long as we do learn something. I have definitely earned a Ph.D. in mistakes and life lessons! 🙂
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We can celebrate our education together Debra. 🙂
My boss had a crow on her desk, she used to give it one of us every month for ‘eating crow’ on some mistake or another. I think she kept it the most. 😉
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I am working on my degree, it is a tough major!
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Sounds from the replies that you have a lot of study partners. 🙂
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