“Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.”

So the picture imaged above is of my favorite necklace. I rarely take it off just because it helps remind me of many things. I think all of us spend so much time trying to be perfect (well I'm really speaking for myself right now but I know I'm not alone). WE try to do everything 100% and get so angry when we fail. Most of us probably even do it with no intention too. It's a wonderful thing to aim to be perfect. No one is perfect though. (You've heard that one before!) No matter how hard we try , none of us are perfect. I could give you a million examples. We may get jealous of people who we think are perfect, but they truly aren't. The less perfect you are, the more perfect you become. God never wanted us to be perfect. If we all were, we'd be just like robots. God wanted us to have faults and find our way by experiencing things. Mistakes are made to help us learn. If we never make mistakes, how are we ever going to learn? I get so down on myself when I make a mistake, but I always have my necklace to remind me, that this mistake wasn't so bad. It's in the past and it's a discovery. School isn't where we learn, contrary to many beliefs. It's just a place to teach us what has already been established. It's in life that we learn. Real life experiences. We learn through hardships and mess ups. We can make them a positive thing, if we try real hard. If we truly do care, it's possible that we might not make the same mistake again. We just need to be retentive and remember our faults and not let them shine through our good qualities. In the end, the good times in life are earned by learning. Learning what's truly important: how to overcome our mistakes and remember to never make them again.