mistakes.

 It's okay to make mistakes, of course. But one should also learn from them. I am not writing this blog to lecture the reader about how he/she should avoid making mistakes and how he/she should learn from them. I just had this random thought while reading some news related to the Air India crash in Ahmedabad. It was about what they've discovered until now and stuff like that. Was the crash a terrible accident with no specific reason? Or was it one terrible mistake? I was thinking just that, when my brain suddenly began focusing on the word 'mistake'.

Until now, I have never heard of anybody, let alone met anybody, who has not made a mistake EVER. And that's just pure evidence to the fact that it is quite the human characteristic to make mistakes in the first place. And I get the feeling that society in general, likes focusing on people's mistakes. Everybody has their amazing points, but people focus on the flaws. In resumes and important interviews, people try their very hardest to find your weakest link. For your own good, definitely. What bothers me, is the way they do it. My earlier blog post seems similar to this one, but I'm onto a different topic here. 

If I meet a really nice girl who's into practically everything that I'm into, I'll instantly like her. Then, if she's arrogant all of a sudden, or says something that I don't agree with, at all, my liking will go down from 100% to 65%, as drastic as that may be. It's kind of our gut feeling, our instinct, to pay more attention to the flaws. This also includes our very own.

Like that one pimple trying its hardest to get into the spotlight. All that skincare is ignored because, let me quote, "Woah your skin is so clear!!" would have been what I would have been told, but instead, "Um, you've got a little something on your forehead. yeah, right there." ITS NOT LIKE I DON'T KNOW!! But yes. That one pimple makes all the lovely '72-hour lasting moisture' or 'gives you healthy, glowing skin!' skincare look useless. Enough about that pimple who has already got its share of the spotlight.

[source: pinterest (why do they have all the good pics!? and google tries to take their credit sooo many times!)]

This image connected with me so wholeheartedly; I was looking for the perfect picture for this post and then google has this habit of recommending random searches, so I clicked on 'ocean' since I tend to get distracted, and voila!

So, just the way this shark is standing out, our flaws do, to some people and sometimes ourselves, at least. Which feels very wrong. As I mentioned in my earlier post, it hurts to do something with all our heart to have it criticized. It now sounds all of a sudden that I'm someone who has been criticized a lot and am emptying my feelings into this blog, but trust me, it's nothing like that. All the fishes in the above picture are our good qualities, and then this bad one barges in and just ruins everything. No offence meant, Mr./Mrs. Shark. 

I try my very hardest to present a solution to all the problems I bring up in this blog and at the moment, I can think of only one thing: keep trying and convince that shark to be a better fish so that it can be a part of the good fishes and they can shine and sparkle together. hehe sorry about that. I'll put it into more... more understandable words. yeah.

Cultivate those mistakes and try your very hardest to make them turn from flaws to some of your best qualities. Pay attention to what you're good at, yes, but also pay attention to what you can be better at.

aaaaand that's it. i would like to thank the news channel for inspiring me to write this blog. 

thanks for reading !!!!