Mistakes and messes are expected from imperfect people. Here's a little advice for the next time you blow it (trust me, I've had lots of practice in the art of screwing up royally):
1. Own your messes--"I was wrong and I'm sorry" said in the right spirit goes a LONG way in cleaning up a mistake.
2. Clean your messes--Fix what you can as soon as you can with as many people as you can.
3. Start over with others and yourself--Wiping the slate clean often will keep residual grudges and resentment from building up over time.
4. Don't expect perfection from anyone, including yourself--Work hard, but understand as you deal with humanity, messes and conflicts will arise repeatedly. Be candid, but do your best not to be hurtful.
5. Assigning blame to others only paints a bigger target on yourself--it also makes you look shallow and petty, and a bit like an angry loser of the troll variety.
6. Celebrate every little victory--this helps losses feel a little less painful after a bit.
7. When all else fails, look at others through the eyes of Jesus, and value them the way He does (more on this next post)
7 fantastic truths....glad to have you back at it.
Posted by: Kevin | November 02, 2010 at 06:21 PM
Glad to see you writing again. I trust that God has done a great work in your life.
These are great truths. I have learned many of them the hard way. I struggle with #4 the most. Especially in relationship to myself.
Posted by: Larry Westfall | November 03, 2010 at 08:21 AM