A friend just shared these words, by Neil Gaiman, and you might find them encouraging or inspiring... words to live by :-)

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world.

You're doing things you've never done before and, more importantly, you're Doing Something.

So that's my wish for you and all of us and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes no one's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it's not good enough or isn't perfect, whatever it is; art or love or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing - do it.

x

I love this. Thanks for sharing!

wow..how are you going to out do the MISTAKES of last year....hehehehehe

Great thoughts!

wow..how are you going to out do the MISTAKES of last year....hehehehehe

Verrrrry nicely, thanks :-)

Aww, that made me feel all warm and fuzzy. It is very very true.

I promise (hand on heart), I will endeavor to make such cataclysimic cock-ups, that you and I will be proud.

In fact, I shall start tomorrow! x

Revs, maybe leave it until the day after.... Ha ha ha !!!!

No guts- no glory

This should be my best year! lol I always make mistakes but now I'll look at them differently! Thanks indigo

Sophiepants, many of the most successful people have made mistakes - but they've learned from them and gone on to greater things. Why shouldn't that be us?

It reminds me of something an old choir director once said to us: "I'd rather that everyone sings out as boldly as they can in rehearsal, because if I can't hear what your mistakes are, I can't help you fix them. Better you do it now, loud and proud, when it doesn't matter, so that we can correct it while there is time and have a great performance."

I like it!

Sophiepants, many of the most successful people have made mistakes - but they've learned from them and gone on to greater things. Why shouldn't that be us?

So true!! That gives me such hope in these next years I do hope to become even greater and I will know that these hurtles and mistakes will only make me better!!!

Fluff, those are great words, your teacher much have been very wise person indeed. For you to remember those words must have had a impact as they are very true.

Fluff, my choir director still says something like that. I used to be kind of shy about singing out, but he said to belt it out and if it needs it we can tune it up, I won't know if I can't hear it. And Indigo, thanks for giving me permission to make many more glorious mistakes, when I tend to make them they are usually whoppers. Now I will feel better about them.

It reminds me of something an old choir director once said to us: "I'd rather that everyone sings out as boldly as they can in rehearsal, because if I can't hear what your mistakes are, I can't help you fix them. Better you do it now, loud and proud, when it doesn't matter, so that we can correct it while there is time and have a great performance."

TJL, you go for it!!!! One of my favourite quotes ever is by Emile Zola who said:

"If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud"

Me too and it sounds like you are a believer too :-)))

Edited January 4, 201412 yr by Indigo1991