Reason # 48 Celebrating even the LOWS and MISTAKES.

 


There is something deeply liberating, truly healing, - in acknowledging our shortcomings. To stand before ourselves and others, without pretense or justification, and say: Yes, I failed there. I missed the mark. I hurt others. I took wrong turns. It is not shameful—it is what it means to be human. We are all works in progress, and part of what gives our lives depth and texture is the imperfect path we’ve walked to get here.

Taking full responsibility for our actions, for the words we spoke too quickly or the silence we kept too long, is not an act of self-condemnation—it’s an act of maturity, of courage, and even of love. 

When we own our story—all of it—we stop running. We stop hiding. And we begin to grow. It is in this honest reckoning that a strange grace often finds us. Not a grace that excuses everything, but one that redeems. That says: Even so, your life has meaning. Even so, there was beauty. Even so, it was good.

Because despite it all—the stumbles, the missteps, the regrets—life has been wonderful, a true gift! Not perfect, not painless, but good. It gave us moments of laughter, of connection, of awe. It gave us chances to learn, to love, to begin again. And perhaps that is the greatest gift: not a flawless life, but a life where we can look back, knowing we faced it all—the light and the shadow—and can still whisper, with peace in our hearts: Thank you. It was good.


05 July 2025


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