Go easy on yourself! ( you will be glad you did!)

This morning my wife and I took our son to play in a lacrosse match. I am happy to say that his team won the game and it left my son in a very much upbeat sense of being. While making our way out of the city so we could start heading back home, I made an attempt to turn left by crossing a two way street. Traffic was somewhat congested and I was getting a bit impatient. Things did not work out as smoothly as I would have liked them to and some cars had to stop (lucky for me they did!) so as to avoid any collisions. One lady in a pickup truck was obviously not pleased with how I attempted to cross the street. After finally getting across I was relieved that no damage or injuries occurred but I was starting to berate myself for having poorly executed a driving maneuver. It would have been a sad way to end a day if we had had to deal with all that happens as a result of a driving accident. Not fun to say the least.

For about the next hour while in a grocery store I was hemming and hawing about whether or not I was in a proper state for completing the drive home. I then remember a phrase I heard stating to the effect that a mistake is not a mistake unless you don't learn from it. Also , I reminded myself that no injuries or damage took place and for that I should be grateful. I automatically became so. In addition, I had to remind myself of the obvious in that there was no sense getting upset over something that had already taken place. Soon after coming to that realization I began to feel better and to go easier on myself. In a sense the events that took place were reminders for me to pay attention to what was happening. What had happened was not a result of me being a less than intelligent person; I just needed to fine tune a couple of behaviors while behind the wheel of an automobile. We all experience episodes in our lives where we end up wishing we had done things differently. As a result, I began to feel better and was once again happy with myself. So be nice to yourself; you deserve it. Don't forget to include PEACE as well! You will be glad you did.