Mistakes,Trust and other things

We've all made too many wrong mistakes at some point in our lives or the other. But they say that "Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time." 

The question is (I've a penchant for asking questions in this space, don't I !), how do you differentiate between not repeating mistakes and plain paranoia? When you're thrown in an identical situation with a different set of players, what do you do? There is bound to be a blast from the past. No denying that. But do you shy away from the game because the last time round the players played foul, or do you play it in the true spirit of the game? When the game in question is called Life?

It all boils down to trust. What do you go by? I'd say a combination of gut feeling and pure logic. Something that defies logic, can more often than not, be distrusted. If you've lost big time in the past, it's hugely uncomfortable even thinking of playing that game again. But life is not about giving up. It never was. Oscal Wilde once said "Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes". They teach you so much and more often than not you emerge a new and improved you. You committed them because at some point in time, you truly believed in them. You got what you wanted, but it didn't quite turn out right. You cooked something with great gusto, but it turned out outright pathetic and unpalatable. But now atleast you know what ingredients spoil the show and what enhances the flavor manifold. "You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space"

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. " said Mother Teressa once and isn't that just so true! But when you cease trusting, you cease living. When you first tripped and fell, you didn't give up walking. Because you trusted yourself that you could do it. With great trust comes great responsibility. For your actions. For all the consequences that it brings along. For everything that turns right, for everything that goes wrong. It was you and you alone. But your belief in yourself keeps you going. When the whole world gives up on you. When your own don't support you. Someone once said "Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something." You lead a miserable existance when you can't trust. Distrust always dispels peace of mind. We will continue to make mistakes. New and improved.But like I always say, if it didn't kill you, it was only to make you stronger!