To Err Repetitively

To err is human ... so they say. Making a mistake is natural as breathing air.  The first time you make a mistake ... it is ACCIDENTAL.  But repeating the same mistake is considered  INTENTIONAL - consciously, knowingly, and willfully done.

It is okay to have flaws once in a while, but it is not okay to keep on repeating them. Otherwise, you learned nothing from the situation. The mistake will recur and will happen again ... until the person learns his lesson and will pay a heavy price.

The fact of the matter is ... since the act was repetitive ... some say it is SERIAL - that's why we have serial killers, serial rapists, and serial arsonists in our midst. They are crimes that are repetitive in nature. 

And not to be forgotten... the SERIAL mangungutang who always feels short with his finances at ang hirap pa singilin. He always say hindi niya tinitipid ang sarili sa pagkain which is admirable and honorable ... pero hindi ba within your means lang ang paggastos mo at kung kapritso lang ng asawa at ng anak ... gusto mong mabaon sa utang dahil sa napakabait mo?

When Once Is Not Enough

People have a mistaken notion, that repeating the same mistake ... is still a MISTAKE. No way Jose. Repeating the same mistake is your CHOICE  ... you liked it ... so you chose to do it. 

You can never make the same mistake twice, the second time you do it is no longer a mistake ... but your FASCINATION.

Repeating the same mistake is a HABIT for you. It becomes your pattern, to put it bluntly, your ADDICTION. 

Of course, it is normal to make a mistake ...  but repeating the same over-used mistake narrative becomes your template, your trademark, and your TRADITION. Some people call it STUPIDITY.

So don't bother apologizing for the mistake if, in the near future, you will do it again. It becomes repetitive it is starting to bore me. Ho-hum.

Jesus Christ was crucified because of our mistakes, our choices, our fascination, habits, addiction, tradition, and stupidity. Let Holy Week remind you of His passion and suffering and be grateful for His gift of Redemption.

Check Yourself In The Mirror

Isipin ninyo, tuwing may problema ka ba palaging iba ang sinisisi mo at hindi ikaw? Dapat marunong kayong manalamin ... because the mirror doesn't lie ... para makita ninyo agad ang problema ... na ang problema ay nasa harapan lang naman ninyo. Palinga-linga pa kayo at nagmaang-maangan. Unfair naman yong ikaw ang nagtanim at nagpunla ng problema ... pagkatapos iba ang aani at magsalo ng sakit dala nito.

Tapos na ang pagbulag-bulagan ay pagbingi-bingihan.  It is time to own up the problem that you created.

Di Natutoto

We don't encourage our children to have perfect life.  Because we know life isn't perfect ... and no one is. I allow my children to fail and make mistakes  ... BUT I want them to use these lapses as some kind of eye-opener that when confronted with the same situations in the near future... REPEATING the same mistake is not acceptable. It is not an option.

When you tripped and fall because you did not tie your shoelaces ... make it an opportunity to devise means and ways so falling will not happen again. After the fall, CHANGE is expected in the person as people banked on him that he needed to be careful. You need to grow and mature - otherwise kung paulit-ulit na lang ang mga nangyayari iyon ay dahil HINDI KA NAGTANDA ... just like what the song goes "DI KA TALAGA NATUTO".

Tama ... HINDI LANG SIYA natutong MAKINIG! DI BALE NANG PAULIT-ULIT ANG PROBLEMA.