Every day is a new day

No one is perfect
People make mistakes.
In fact, making mistakes is one of the biggest parts of being human
and one of the best ways too learn.
Ive always thought that its impossible learn from other people's mistakes,
instead we have to make our own and learn from them ourselves.
Today I made a mistake.
I was pretty bummed because I hurt someone that I really enjoy and love working with.
Luckily, she had to decency to sit me down, tell me how she felt and give me the chance to let her know what was going on in my life.
In the end, we hugged it out and we let each other know how much we respect and care about each other.
Needless to say, I don't think I've ever had such a productive disagreement.

On my drive home, this whole situation got me thinking.
Does everyone learn from their mistakes?
Do people see second chances as a gift or do they just take advantage?
Furthermore, how easy is it to grant a person a second chance?
And how do we come to truly forgive a person and believe they can change?

The last couple years I've made a lot of mistakes, and I've seen others make them too.
But it's funny and almost crazy to me to see that, in the end, those who care about me the most, and those who truly love and know me, still respect, care, trust and love me just as much as they did before. I think this truly speaks to why I am so able to forgive and move on from those who have hurt me, intentionally or unintentionally.

I have been blessed by the grace of others who know I can, and will, change the mistakes that I've made. I think that now, is my chance to pass on the grace and love that people have shown me. Life is far too short and there is far too much to experience in this world to waste our time holding grudges and negative feelings.

We can only be free when can forgive ourselves and those around us.