Thought 28: Not learning from a mistake is a crime

Committing a mistake is not a crime - but not learning from one is a crime. They say that years make age but mistakes make experience. If you put on a lot of weight due to over eating and this is causing several other problems, continuing the habit of over eating is not learning from a mistake. Forgetting to renew the car insurance once can be tolerated as a mistake. But to continue to do so, year after year, is not learning from a mistake. Not checking your blood cholesterol for a long time, but finding in the later check that it is quite high, is perhaps somewhat excusable. But not doing these checks later, periodically, is not excusable. The body will not excuse you.

The next thought is about “Pointing out mistakes”