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There  is  an  assumption  that  as  we  get  older  we  will  get  wiser; not  true,  I’m  afraid.  
But  we  can  carry  on  being  just  as  foolish, still  making  plenty  of  mistakes.  It’s  just  that  we  make  new ones,  different  ones.  
We  do  learn  from  experience  and  may  not make  the  same  mistakes  again,  but  there  is  a  whole  new  pickle jar  of  fresh  ones  just  lying  in  wait  for  us  to  trip  up  and fall  into. 
The  secret  is  to  accept  this  and  not  to  beat  yourself up  when  you  do  make  new  ones.  
The  Rule  really  is:  Be  kind to  yourself  when  you  do  muck  things  up. 
Be  forgiving, and  accept  that  it’s  all  part  of  that  growing  older  but  no  wiser routine.

.......Looking  back,  we  can  always  see  the  mistakes  we  made,  but we  fail  to  see  the  ones  looming or coming  up.  Wisdom  isn’t  about  not making  mistakes,  but  about  learning  to  escape  afterward  with our dignity and sanity intact. 

When  we  are  young,  aging  seems  to  be  something  that  happens  to,  well,  old  people.  But  it  does  happen  to  us  all,  and  we have  no  choice  but  to  embrace  it  and  roll  with  it.  

Whatever  we do  and  however  we  are,  the  fact  is  we  are  going  to  get  older. And this aging process does seem to speed up as we get older. You  can  look  at  it  this  way—the  older  you  get,  the  more  areas you’ve  covered  to  make  mistakes  in.  

There  will  always  be  new areas  of  experience  where  we  have  no  guidelines  and  where we’ll  handle  things  badly,  overreact,  get  it  wrong.  And  the more  flexible  we  are,  the  more  adventurous,  the  more  lifeembracing,  then  the  more  new  avenues  there  will  be  to explore—and make mistakes in, of course.

As  long  as  we  look  back  and  see  where  we  went  wrong  and resolve  not  to  repeat  such  mistakes,  there  is  little  else  we  need to  do.  

Remember  that  any  Rules  that  apply  to  you  also  apply to  everyone  else  around  you.  Others  are  all  getting  older,  too. And  not  any  wiser  particularly.  Once  you  accept  this,  you’ll  be more forgiving and kinder toward yourself and others.

 Finally,  yes,  time  does  heal,  and  things  do  get  better  as  you  get older.  After  all,  the  more  mistakes  you’ve  made,  the  less  likely that  you’ll  come  up  with  new  ones.  

The  best  thing  is  that  if you  get  a  lot  of  your  mistakes  over  and  done  with  early  on  in life,  there  will  be  less  to  learn  the  hard  way  later  on.  And  that’s what  youth  is  all  about:  a  chance  to  make  all  the  mistakes  you can and get them out of the way.