A mistake is defined as an action or judgement that is misguided or wrong. Mistakes are what make us human, and are what help teach us life lessons that we wouldn't know otherwise. I'm human, and I've made so many mistakes in my short 21 years. It's important that in order to learn from mistakes, we embrace them and continue to make them because no one is perfect. Mistakes can change your path time and time again but that's okay because everything happens for a reason. Each mistake is made in order to teach you something different and help you grow.

To my mistakes,

I'm learning not to be afraid of you anymore because that holds back the learning and growing process of making a mistake. Mistakes can't be dodged, and I'm done running and hiding from the mistakes that I've made. It's time to own you and wear you on my sleeve for others to learn from these mistakes as well. Mistakes differ in size and outcome and the mistakes I've made definitely differ in a range from little to massive.

There are the typical college student mistakes that I've made like staying up a little too late the night before an 8 AM, but there are bigger mistakes that have changed who I am as a person that mostly involve people who I thought were my friends and guys who I thought I cared about and thought they cared about me. Lately, these mistakes have taken me into a darker space in my life and have made it harder for me to focus on the happier things in my life.

I'm a person that puts everyone else feelings and issues upon myself. I feel guilt a little too much and when my mistakes effect someone else, it starts to slowly eat away at me from the inside. I won't let this affect me anymore. I won't let you affect me anymore. It's time that I zen out and focus on what is ahead rather than what is behind me.

I won't be afraid of you anymore because it's what makes me and everyone around me human. It's what teaches us some of the most important lessons in life. But to my mistakes, I do want to thank you.

Thank you for letting me make you and for letting me learn and grow from you. Thank you for pushing me to be open and honest about you. Thank you for helping me overcome fears that I may have because of you. Thanks for making my life so beautifully confusing time and time again. Thank you for leading me to some of the most amazing people I'll ever know. Thank you for giving me the privilege of meeting you. I'm sure we'll meet again very soon, and I'm looking forward to the next learning experience with you by my side.

Sincerely,

A girl continuously making mistakes