Mistakes Are Better Off Forgiven

People come in a variety of different forms. Some like to read or write, some do sports, some do crafts, some cook and clean and some go to work full time or the opposite and stay home and do absolutely nothing. But something that everyone has in common is making mistakes. Everyone has at least made one mistake in their life. Mistakes are made by people all the time but it weather you own up to your mistakes to move past them or act like the mistake never happened in the first place.

At a young age of 9 I would hangout with my older cousin. She would let me try on clothes, we would watch Tinkerbell because it was my favorite movie, we would play games on my tablet and eat icecream and spend the night as you would with friends during sleepovers. We would do so many fun things. I loved to hangout with my older cousin because she was older and had more clothes and more adult things that I had always wanted. We were playing dress up one day and she had sprayed some perfume which smelt like vanilla and birthday cake. I had exclaimed “I really like this perfume!” She then said “I got it from Tj Maxx.” which was a store that I loved and it had a bunch of teenager stuff I had always wanted but my mom would only go there for herself. At the age of 9 I did not really know what stealing was or why it was important not to steal things, but I had stolen something that was important to someone else.When my cousin and I were supposed to be going to sleep, I went over to her bureau and shoved it into my pink Columbia fleece jacket. I went home and pulled it out of my pocket and sprayed it. It was the best scent I had ever smelled.

A few days later my mom got a call from my cousin asking if I had taken her perfume. I said “no I did not,” not thinking about what I had actually done. I was nervous because I knew that I was probably doing something wrong. A couple days later my mom comes into my room and sees the perfume sitting on my nightstand next to my bed while I was at cheer practice. When I got home my mom confronted me about what I had done and how I lied about taking the perfume. My mom then made me realize I stole something of someone else’s and I felt very sorry for it. I brought the perfume back to my cousin and apologized for my actions. I had said to her “I’m sorry that I stole your perfume and I will never do it again I have learned my lesson.” with empathy in my voice. She said that “It’s okay as long as you learned from it.” I was happy she was not mad at me.

Instead of denying your actions and never learning from them. Take responsibility for your actions so you can learn from your mistakes. I tried to lie and explain to my mom that it was not me but then I would not have learned from my mistake. Putting off your mistakes and avoiding them will not make you a better person in the long run. I’m glad that my mom found it so I could learn from my mistake. The lesson I had learned from my mom was “never do shady things because karma can come around and steal your favorite thing.” My mom said with directness in her words. Now I know that stealing is not okay and I should never do it and lie about it.

“Asking For Forgiveness” by hang_in_there is licensed under CC BY 2.0.