Don't ask, don't tell, yeah

They always talk about how babies don't come with instruction manuals (which is very true!) but if you think about it, neither did "life" itself. Sure there are plenty of self help books out there that try to tell you what is the right thing to do in certain circumstances based on THEIR experience, but nobody can really tell you what is exactly the RIGHT thing to do for YOU in EVERY case.

Life is just one big trial and error. Or a maze, if you will. You choose a path and sometimes it ends in a dead end, so you gotta turn around and find the right path. Mistakes will be made, that's a given. The beauty of it all, is how gracefully you handle those mistakes.

You could try to be the person that lies and tries to cover up the fact they chose the wrong path, and try to cheat and find a way over the maze, instead of through it. Or you can be the person that realizes that everyone makes a wrong turn now and again, and not only forgive yourself for it, but others. You just have to own up to it, and try harder next time.

I'd like to think that I fall into that latter catergory. I know I've made mistakes. A lot of them. Maybe even more than your average person does. I'm not going to be as self-depreciating though and list every single one of them here. Some things, can and should remain private (even in "public" diary haha). Plus, that list would take FOREVER to read, because yes, I am HUMAN.

But I also like to think that I have learned from my mistakes, so as not to follow the same paths that I know will end in a dead end. It's harder than you think. Old habits die hard, and sometimes that fear of the unknown comes into play too. Damn that fear, it's always lurking in the background somewhere.