Don't forget to take your mistakes with you!

Don't carry your mistakes with you. Instead, place them under your feet and use them as stepping stones to rise above them. - Unknown

Sometimes it's so hard not to dwell on the choices that we have made that were horrible.  When we think of all the time and energy wasted, it could be frustrating, to say the least.  But we all make mistakes. We all have trials that take us a long time to overcome.

So many times, we beat ourselves up over our life choices.  I had a friend who was the same age as I was. Our kids were the same age and competed together during dance competitions. We met at work and became super close.   

Although we did not know each other before work, our journey was the same, but the outcome was different.  We were both pregnant at the same time. She continued going to college, whereas I stopped.  Although I completed my degree, I beat myself up because I wasn't where I thought I should be within my career.

I did this for such a long time.  I carried my mistakes so much that I had the hardest time celebrating my victories.  So the next time you feel a need to carry around the guilt and heavy conviction of your mistakes, don't. 

Let it go and use that mistake to allow you to be more compassionate to yourself and others.

Until Next Time Mom Tribe, You got this.

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~Pamela