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MiHale

(12,639 posts)
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:23 PM Dec 31

The number of mistakes I've made in my life....

Is directly proportional to the number of days I’ve been alive.

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The number of mistakes I've made in my life.... (Original Post) MiHale Dec 31 OP
And how many days has that been, MiHale? True Dough Dec 31 #1
73 x 365... you figger I'm lousy at math🤪 MiHale Dec 31 #7
Happy New Year to you too! True Dough Dec 31 #12
We've all made mistakes, MiHale Grim Chieftain Dec 31 #2
Thank you... MiHale Dec 31 #8
You too Grim Chieftain Dec 31 #11
Mine are UpInArms Dec 31 #3
👍 MiHale Dec 31 #9
A proposition that I live by: LuckyCharms Dec 31 #4
Lucky!...so correct...live that way .... MiHale Dec 31 #10
Happy New Year, MiHale! LuckyCharms Dec 31 #14
You are correct. multigraincracker Dec 31 #5
Hey mgc, truly a zen thought... MiHale Dec 31 #13
"Human, All Too Human" some_of_us_are_sane Dec 31 #6
One of my favorites.... MiHale Dec 31 #15
That's been my experience as well. Borogove Dec 31 #16

True Dough

(25,867 posts)
12. Happy New Year to you too!
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 08:06 PM
Dec 31

Someday you can tell me about what happened on Day 9,448. I'll bet that was really something!

Grim Chieftain

(1,269 posts)
2. We've all made mistakes, MiHale
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 07:11 PM
Dec 31

But it's the good we have done, the kindness we have shared, and the joy - regardless of how small - that we have bestowed on others that defines us.

I am sure you are in the plus margin, friend.


LuckyCharms

(21,855 posts)
4. A proposition that I live by:
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 07:15 PM
Dec 31

"If you're not making mistakes, you're also not making progress".

Meaning: We must make mistakes in order to learn how to do it right.

MiHale

(12,639 posts)
13. Hey mgc, truly a zen thought...
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 08:07 PM
Dec 31

Of course it’s from you. Thank you. ❤️

Happy New Year.

some_of_us_are_sane

(2,775 posts)
6. "Human, All Too Human"
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 07:56 PM
Dec 31

~ Nietzsche

It's not in the falling down but in the getting UP again. Like all of us. Put 'er THERE, pal!

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