30 in 30 2016: #8 Learning from my own mistakes (where’s the lesson plan)

Learning from my own mistakes (where’s the lesson plan)

Little mistakes will add up, if ignored,

and make the carpet they’re swept under look lumpy.

The bigger ones never let you forget,

constant reminders of what you should have done.

What you thought this would be easy?

No one bothered telling you it’s harder than it looks

that you’re expected to figure it out as you go

and there is no lesson plan to avoid missteps.

Stay home on the weekends,

I make fewer mistakes as I grow older,

but I’m taking less chances to fail

and getting dwindling payouts on a win.

I have always been quick to make mistakes,

even when I see them coming,

trying to build confidence in my ability

to teach others what not to do.

Hindsight shows me all the moments

I should have changed the outcome,

but that’s really just a mind’s way of

criticizing foresight’s bad vision.