You are your mistakes. Or Are you?
On my way to school today, an interesting piece of street art caught my eye. Apart from the fact that it was really good art, I don’t remember much about what was actually drawn on it. Instead, what I want to talk about is the caption on it, “You are not your mistakes”. At first glance, I agreed with it. I inferred that artist was trying to tell us that mistakes don’t define us. It tried to convey the idea that we should move on with our lives and not dwell on our mistakes. A simple recipe to a happy life. I had no issues with it. I passed the exhibit and got onto my train. Having the time to think about what I had seen, my opinion on the quote changed. I thought to myself, “aren’t all of us defined by the mistakes we make?”. If no one ever made any mistakes, will we ever really learn anything? Not every choice we make in life is the right one, some choices result in a less than favorable situation. These situations teach us something, make us stronger or can even change our pe...