"Do you remember what it was like trying to tie your shoes for the very first time?"

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You probably don’t remember it, but what was it like trying to learn to tie your shoes? If you were like most children, it was something new to you which meant that you had to learn how to do something that you’d never done before. And you might have wanted to get it right the first time. But you didn’t.

So you kept trying and trying to tie your shoe. Your mom or your dad continued to show you how, maybe even teaching you a little song or saying to help you get it. Or, maybe it was your teacher who patiently worked with you to learn how.

You had to make a few mistakes before you got it right. In fact, you may have wondered if you’d ever learn how to tie your shoes. But then that magical moment bursts forth when you tied your shoe and said, “I did it!” And you did it again and again. You wanted to tie everything you could find just to prove you could. But you never would have learned how if you had been afraid of making mistakes.

You’ll make some mistakes today. Keep on doing life until your magical moment bursts forth and you listen to life and make a life, not just a living.

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