Dear Humans,

We all know that humans learn from mistakes. So we’re pretty good at giving people (such as ourselves) the space to make them. But we often expect people (including ourselves) to learn simple and immediate lessons from those mistakes. It’s like the toddler who touches the hot stove and immediately learns to never do it again. 

If only all of life’s lessons were that simple.

But they’re not. So sometimes in life we have to let others (and ourselves) make mistakes more than once. And we have to let people learn their own lessons from those mistakes. It drives us crazy when people (like ourselves) make the same mistakes over and over. But all we can do is grant them patience and the space to learn. While learning our own lessons from our mistakes and the mistakes of others.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt