I feel that making mistakes helps point us in the right direction better than not making them.
It’s almost like a slap on the wrist when you were a kid, which always seemed to put you back in line quicker than anything else.
I’ve made several mistakes in life although I feel I have also learned a great deal from making those mistakes. I would one afternoon like to write a book on all of the mistakes I’ve made plus what I’ve learned, it may be a entirely thick book. I once tried to tune up my HVAC system on my own plus almost burned down the whole building in the process. I wired something backwards plus it caused a fire in my flat when I wasn’t home. I came house hours later to find the fire department outside of my building trying to douse a blazing fire coming from my flat. I’m amazed that the local company next door didn’t catch on fire, plus I’m even more amazed that the owner of my building didn’t kick me out. I learned from that lesson not to try plus do something yourself that you have no idea about, especially when several others are living in the same building as you. The local HVAC company that could have done the tune up job for me is just down the street plus I should have called them first before trying to tackle the job myself. Well, now I have a five year repair contract with them so that they can do the tune ups plus maintenance from now on.