How Do You React to Mistakes?

Everyone makes mistakes. We’ve heard this since we were children. But as we grow we seem to get less and less accepting of mistakes, especially those by others! We expect them to fix it or at least to sincerely apologize, and until they do we hold onto anger and grudges which simply bring us suffering. But, unfortunately life has no rewind button. We cannot go back and prevent a mistake from happening. We can’t unspill water or take back words that have been spoken. So holding a grudge and expecting the person who made the mistake to fix it or apologize isn’t going to prevent or undo the mistake. It’s in the past. It happened. Now, our grudge and inability to let go of someone’s mistake prevent us from trusting others. And our guilt or shame about our own mistakes affect our self-confidence…. Trust and self-confidnece are critical to a happy life and very difficult to repair or replace, so how we handle mistakes becomes vitally important for a joyful life.

In this beautiful teaching, Sadhviji shares that there is a way to correct mistakes – or, at least to minimize their impact of them. Watch and listen as Sadhviji provides the way!