Welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families.
As we get back into the swing of school (and yes, I know that the first day back is always difficult – hang in there), I thought it might be worthwhile to reflect briefly this week on making mistakes.
Now, I know I talk a lot about being virtuous, doing the right thing, and living up to the highest standards. But we all know that’s not possible all the time. We will mess up—it is unavoidable. But Plutarch said it quite well when he observed that:
“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
As Plutarch recognized, even the wise and good stumble—they don’t get it right all the time. What makes them wise and good is not some perfection that other men cannot attain; it is the quality of being willing to learn from their errors that sets them apart.
Mistakes, it turns out, are just wisdom for the future.
Have a wonderful day.
