My Bad...

We've all faced it, those 'uh-oh', 'oops', 'why' moments, that sinking feeling in your stomach when you realize that you've messed up, that ache in your chest when you roll over the next morning wishing you could erase the night before, the shame, dread, doubt, regret.

Everybody makes mistakes. We've all made decisions that we wish we could take back. We all have regrets.

I shouldn't have bought that shirt. I should've studied harder for that test. I shouldn't have been driving so fast. I shouldn't have gone to that party. I shouldn't have talked to that boy. I shouldn't have dated that boy. I shouldn't have broken up with that boy.

The list could go on forever- things we all think we shouldn't have done or even things we all think we should have, things we wish we had done or things we wish we hadn't.

But the truth is that there is no such thing as a mistake. Each decision, no matter how big or small, shapes the course of our life, makes us who we are. What we eat, where we go, who we meet, who we leave, all of these things alter our lives in some way.

It is so true that when one door closes another door opens and typically we've sunken so deep in the regret that we don't realize it. Maybe another opportunity doesn't immediately appear from our 'mistakes,' but we've learned something all the same. Because of something we did or didn't do, we learn not to do it again, or to behave differently next time.

So maybe the very things that we regret are actually blessings in disguise. Next time you feel that horrible anxiety and regret, take a look at all the good that has come from the very thing you wish you hadn't done.


Maybe you won't go to that same bar again, maybe you met a best friend or a new love, maybe you're thankful that his next sleezy girl is just as low-down as he is, maybe you know what to do to bring those grades back up, maybe you've gotten a little stronger, maybe you know just who it is that you want to be, maybe you know just whose help you really need. As long as God is leading you, no decision is truly a mistake. He will never lead you to a mountain too high to climb.


So go ahead follow your heart. Take lots of chances, take lots of risks, and never leave a door unopened or a stone unturned.