Let's honestly admit our mistakes 【Words of Light】

This article is excerpted and quoted from "Hermes Angels" No. 299 open_in_new.

This time, I would like to talk about "Let's honestly admit our mistakes."

Anyone can make mistakes, right?

However, there are people who stubbornly insist on their mistakes or who are unwilling to listen to others' opinions at such times.

It's unpleasant to have others know what you don't understand or can't do and to be told, "You don't even understand that?" It makes you want to protect yourself.

However, if you go on without understanding, driven by the desire to protect yourself, you will ultimately fail to protect yourself and make things worse. If you continue like that, you might end up facing even greater shame in the future.

When you become an adult and think back to things you felt ashamed of not knowing, you often realize they were really trivial matters. But as a child, you might feel embarrassed about even such small things.

I also experienced embarrassment during my elementary school days. One time, I went to the beach with my parents, and when I said, "This is the beach we came to before," everyone burst out laughing. It turned out to be a different place.

Even after a year or two, I occasionally remember being laughed at by those around me, and each time I feel so embarrassed that I start sweating and feel like my face is on fire.

Looking back now, it's really not a big deal. It's natural not to know which beach it is when you go to a new place. It's perfectly normal not to know, so there's nothing to be ashamed of.

I think there are also mistakes made in studying.

Even people who say, "I can study this much," might make mistakes in kanji, misspell words in English, or have learned things incorrectly. Sometimes, it takes five or ten years, or even adulthood, to realize something they misunderstood.

Some people stubbornly refuse to admit a misunderstanding they had somewhere and insist on their point. However, if you keep saying such things over and over, gradually, people around you will stop paying attention.

In reality, it's because you are feeling weak or have an inferiority complex that you act tough, speak arrogantly, or refuse to listen to others, but that won't work forever.

※Inferiority complex... the feeling that you are inferior to others.

If you don't have the mindset of "humbly lowering yourself and learning from those around you," you will inevitably stop receiving information.

Truly strong people and truly great people don't need to try to appear strong or big. Those who will achieve great things in the future are steadily accumulating the tasks they need to do now. Even if they will achieve something great someday, children have their own training they must undergo at their stage, so it's important to make efforts one by one that can be done now. (End)