Making Mistakes

To err is human. As the old adage states, every one of us makes mistakes and it is a norm that is to be accepted and forgiven - partially true.

No doubt every one makes mistakes at one point of their lives or another. How many of these individuals have the room and capabilities to learn from the mistakes made? Better still, to learn from mistakes committed by those around you.

I do feel the urge to make mistakes. Call me a sucker. But this is how I'd learn much better, much faster and better my understanding on the bigger picture. Take away that freedom to make mistakes, and I'd be treading from cradle to grave, no ups nor downs, doing what I'm told to do without understanding the dynamics and wheels behind it. There would be no innovation, no invention, no adaptability, no growth, and no advancement.

Now, how boring can that be, being told to follow through the steps?

Let us look at the job nature of architects and engineers. To erect a building from nothing and then to house living individuals within them requires high level of safety in their design and course of work. As time changes, the face of buildings have to keep up as well, making their own fashion statement. Being such, this challenge falls upon the engineers and architects. It is up to them to learn from the mistakes from others in the past and ensure that such mistakes are not repeated again. Another classic example would of course be Titanic and her maiden voyage.

Imagine a world without mistakes, everyone treading along the comfort zone and doing what they've been told. There wouldn't be any innovation nor inventions either, would there?

So, let us not fear making mistakes, but fear not learning from the mistakes committed by others and oneself.