There is no perfect being. Everyone makes mistakes. The only difference is that some people know how to say sorry and learn from it, while others only grow worse. Instead of turning a mistake into a lesson, they make it part of who they are.
If you ask me, in my twenty years of living, what is the biggest mistake I have made, I would answer this: my mistake was living for others. I lived for people around me, but not for myself, and not for God.
People often say that being twenty is still young. Maybe it is. But it saddens me to realize that in these two decades I spent more time worrying about what others would say than listening to myself. I forgot that I have rights of my own. I forgot that I have the freedom to choose, the freedom to dream, the freedom to want something as long as I was not hurting anyone.
I regret that I chose to chase after what other people had instead of learning to be happy with what I already held in my hands. If I had not compared myself to them, perhaps my life would have been lighter. In wanting so much to be like everyone else, I forgot to be me. I forgot that I was different. And worst of all, I forgot Him, the God who created me, the God who should have been first in my life, the one to whom I should have offered everything.
I was blinded by the glitter of this world. I failed to see the comfort that can only be found in His presence. I failed to see that this life I have is a gift from Him, and that everything I do should be for Him. That is the only way I can find the peace I have always longed for.
There are many people like me, walking through life without direction, never content, always chasing what others have. That, I believe, is my greatest mistake: to long for things that were never meant for me, while forgetting the one I should have truly longed for.
And yet, in spite of everything, I am still grateful. Because even at this young age, I have begun to realize these things. Perhaps this is not a mistake after all, but a turning point. Through this reflection, I have been given the chance to look deeper into myself, to learn, and to share my story with others.
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