Before my decision to observe them,
subatomic particles are probability amplitudes or mathematical ghosts in a
field of infinite possibilities.
People make mistakes throughout their lives. Is
this a fair statement? Before you answer this, have you ever wondered what
constitutes a mistake? Can the implications of a mistake be definitive? What
are the atoms of a mistake?
Where permanence and perpetuity are concerned, a
mistake is a make-up of overlooked immaterial emplacements from material movements
of events in time and space.
We often ignore and disregard what is perceived as
irrelevant to us. Unheeded signs become inconsequential. This human nature and
behaviour is in fact a derivative of quantifiable actions and intentions limited
only by our perception of reality.
The essence of a mistake is an error. I have always
believed in this single and fundamentally overriding philosophy: an error only
becomes a mistake if it is repeated.
So is it inaccurate to say that we make more errors
in life than we have care for the repeated errors made that become mistakes ultimately?
Because I keep my faith in the fact that errors and
mistakes made are a function of our choices denominated by our warped sense of
control and numerated by our inability to predict a logical response to our environment.
It is no different when stating I have not made a
mistake by getting lost in the wilderness because I did find my way eventually, but I admit getting confused with my
surrounding for several hours and it was an error on my part.
I strongly feel that it is important to be able to
recognise the difference between errors and mistakes in life because it sets
the tone of your expectations on people and your surrounding which ultimately
determines your reaction.
Imagine that you were tasked to gather the
ingredients for a recipe your mother is going to prepare tonight. Had you
forgotten to drop by the grocery store on your way home and obtain the said
ingredients, you would have made a mistake causing a significant impact to the
events that will unfold for the rest of the evening. Your mother’s logical
response would be to get angry with you.
On the other hand, if you did not forget the
ingredients but somehow made the misjudgement of getting the correct amount of
ingredients listed, you would then have made an error but the recipe would
still be intact and dinner would still be served. There is no real need for
your mother to get angry here but instead, to show you her wisdom in
acknowledging your errors and recognising the easily overlooked fact that you did remember to drop by the grocery
store on your way home. People often take little things like that for granted.
And this is what they truly are: errors are
deviations from a set of planned actions but mistakes are errors caused by a
fault. The ability to determine the difference is what sets a leader apart from
a group of followers.
When one realises this, he or she will then see mistakes
as the axle of choice and opportunity.
Where opportunities are concerned, mistakes allow
evolutionary stability to exist within a society or a group of people. For it
to be achievable there must exist a positive probability of mistakes in all circumstances
within the grouping. For it to be sustainable there should be some strategy
that is the best response to itself in all situations for every possible
interaction within the group.
The conditions of a positive probability and a
strategy for response cannot be restrictive. In real life, mistakes are always
possible. As long as there is some chance of errors occurring, then every
possible sequence of behaviour will be generated with some probability.
Like a person’s inability or ability to believe
in ghosts, mistakes are inevitable and one should never be afraid to make them.
Believe in mistakes. Because when you do, you will see that a collection of
mistakes is what is called experience.
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