One of the most difficult things in the world is watching someone you love make a mistake. You want to stop them. You want to scream and yell and make them listen to you, but ultimately you begin to understand that they must figure things out all by themselves – even if that means making mistakes.
If you can’t stop them from making mistakes, what can you do? First, and most importantly, you can love them and be there for them. You can listen to them and only offer advice IF THEY ASK for it. If you are a parent you will understand how difficult this part is. Parents desperately want to help, but sometimes the most helpful thing is to allow someone to make a mistake and learn a valuable lesson.
I know in my life I have made mistakes; lots of them! Each one of those mistakes helped me to grown and learn and become the person I am today. In a strange way I am actually grateful for my mistakes.
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