What is SPARK on Monday???? If you don’t know what posting a SPARK is all about, here’s the history! SPARKS is a Monday tradition – how did it start and what IS IT? “SPARKS” was started by Annie McGuffy of McGuffy’s Reader but ended when her blog was hacked some time ago. It was meant to be a way to start out each week with with a meaningful thought – something that spoke to each of us and hopefully everyone else who read it. Although Annie isn’t currently blogging, a lot of us who enjoyed her SPARKS decided to keep posting SPARKS of our own. Why? Because sometimes we need a little “spark” in our lives and these posts were meant to at least be a PART of that effort. Please feel free to post your own SPARK on your blog and let everyone know you have…….we get energy from each other that way.
My SPARK today is a short one…………just one small sentence but it says a whole lot. I’ve heard people say this before and every time they have it struck me that it’s a GOOD way to think about mistakes I’ve made – AND I believe we DO learn from our mistakes if we’re smart enough to allow ourselves to!!
Sometimes in my life I’ve had to make the same mistake more than once before I REALLY learned something, but I DID learn something and changed something in order to avoid making the same mistake again. Sometimes we can do that and sometimes we can’t – or our HEARTS won’t let us.
Happy Monday!
Hugs, Pam
TWO Spoiled Cats 
Yes, mistakes are the bullet points, or the mileposts on our life path, we need to remember to continue on from, perhaps in a different direction.
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Yes….sometimes the same old comfy road leads you to repeat things that shouldn’t be repeated.
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Ah, yes, mistakes…mama says she thinks about that every time she flies off the handle a little. During COVID she’s making progress, haha. Around here mistakes are pretty much accepted now with all the changes in our lives. We’ve loosened up….
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We’re all learning through this Covid process…..patience and trust among many other things! ONWARD!
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mr. bach is right… we learnt a lot that way ;O)))
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Yes indeed………you tend to remember the HARD lessons more!
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Mistakes are part of learning.
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They sure are…..sometimes it’s a painful to learn but it definitely DOES teach us!!
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Yes, we do learn from our mistakes, but not always as quickly as we should.
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LOL Yes – but then again some of us need a BIGGER reminder than others do…..that often takes time and more mistakes!
Hugs, Pam
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Wonderful saying there…that mistakes are unexpected learning experience. Have had many through time. For me, I have learned that my mistakes are often brought about by willful behavior. That rarely works for you or for others.
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See? You have learned from your mistakes – you’re right about willful behavior!!!
Hugs, Pam
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Right on …. it’s only a mistake if you do it a second time because the first time is a learning experience. Have a good week, Pam.
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You too Frank! Hope to see you in school.
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… and miss all that food?
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That’s a great one! It reminds me of our motto when I was rubber-stamping and making my own greeting cards: “There are no mistakes, just the opportunity for embellishments”!
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HA! That’s a goodie too!!
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We (hopefully) learn a lot from our mistakes.
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I agree Teddy, we do learn a lot from the things that didn’t go quite right.
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Happy Monday and may we all have happy learning experiences or as Bob Ross calls them
happy accidents.
Hugs Cecilia
We had snow, sleet, freezing rain and plain rain yesterday.
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That Spark is a nice way to think of mistakes. Learning from mistakes is good! Mom says I learned NOTHING from getting my tail broken in the slamming door. I still continue to do the same hesitation in every doorway every day of my life. I leave it to her to catch the door and nudge me through. Well… I guess SHE learned from MY mistake. That works for me!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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That is an excellent spark and so true. Have a great day! XO
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Great spark and I agree it’s a good way to look at mistakes.
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Here’s to unexpected learning experiences (lord knows I have a boatload of them but they’ve all contributed in their own special way, right?). Happy Monday!
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I think the painter Bob Ross called them “happy accidents” or something like that 🙂
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He did…..and he was right!
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150% correct!!!!! 😉
((hugs)) BellaSita Mum (Sherri-Ellen) & **purrss** BellaDharma
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Great Spark Pam. One of the hardest lessons I have learned is to let others make mistakes. This one is going on my affirmation wall! Thank YOU! You ROCK!
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Thanks Barb…..mistakes are learning experiences that’s for sure…….for US and everyone else.
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It definitely an opportunity to learn from our mistakes!
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Sometimes the mistakes feel so good that you do them again!
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I like the way you think.
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That is an excellent Spark.
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🙂
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Very fine Spark. Mom was a math teacher. She always told her students that it was OK to make a mistake because it would help them learn what they didn’t get the first time.
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
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And that is EVER so true….mistakes are a way of learning!
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