By David Tepera, April 13, 2022
Over the past many years, as I’ve encountered countless people and situations, I’ve learned to allow others to make mistakes. I feel sometimes people are too hard on each other for making wrong decisions. It doesn’t mean their actions or words were done with a negative intent. It just ended up that way in the end.
Even as parents, as much as we try to be role models for our kids, we must allow ourselves to make mistakes.
On one particular incident, when my kids were young, I came home from work to find they didn’t finish their chores. Before I asked any questions, I gave them a bit of a tongue lashing because I was teaching them responsibility.
Well, once I was through yelling, Dylan apologized for not finishing because they spent the last hour helping a neighbor find their dog. Now, I was apologizing, hugging and explained parents will make mistakes, too.
Listen, if you think about it, we spend our days trying to not make mistakes. We set alarms to not be late for work. What’s your first meal of the day? Is it healthy or another fast food drive-through? Before you leave the house in the morning, do you yell at your spouse and kids, or do they get hugs and kisses?
If you’ve ever played sports or battled in competition, typically the winner is the person or team who made the least mistakes. Turning the ball over will set you back, causing penalties gives the other team an advantage, and the list is endless if you didn’t prepare properly.
We have many people come to us who’ve failed diet after diet. They are frustrated with themselves because the weight gain came back, and they’re depressed.
We let them know to quit jumping to the latest trends of dieting. There are such a variety of diets on the market it will make you head spin. It’s a billion-dollar industry because people keep failing them.
Of course, there’s more to it, but really, it all comes down to portion control. If you want some simple basic tips to lose weight, email me. The Ageless Muscle team gives free advice all over the country.
Now, no matter what’s going on in your life, don’t cast stones or beat yourself up because we all make mistakes.