{"id":110,"date":"2009-02-12T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/02\/mistakes-no-problem.html"},"modified":"2009-02-12T11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T11:19:00","slug":"mistakes-no-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/02\/mistakes-no-problem.html","title":{"rendered":"Mistakes?  No problem!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you make a mistake?<br \/>\nNo problem.  No surprise. Everyone makes mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>Admit it. Correct it with God&#8217;s assistance.  Learn from it. Mistake gone.  No problem.<\/p>\n<p>Problems arise when we cling tight to OUR way, not God&#8217;s way, or fail to exercise<br \/>\nour empathy or understanding of others&#8217; feelings or needs. Our ego gets<br \/>\nin the way, because we are used to protecting our pride or false image.<br \/>\nWe often think we&#8217;re threatened or in danger if we open up and admit<br \/>\nwe&#8217;re not perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Emerson wrote:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Finish each day and be done with it.&nbsp; You have done what you could.&nbsp; Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can.&nbsp; Tomorrow is a new day.&nbsp; You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you make a mistake? No problem. No surprise. Everyone makes mistakes. Admit it. Correct it with God&#8217;s assistance. Learn from it. Mistake gone. No problem. Problems arise when we cling tight to OUR way, not God&#8217;s way, or fail to exercise our empathy or understanding of others&#8217; feelings or needs. 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