RIGHT TO MAKE MISTAKES


               The United Nations Organization has established a list of several fundamental

human rights. One right that needs to be added is 'Right to Make Mistakes'. To make 

mistakes is every human's basic right. There is nobody in the whole wide world who has 

never made any mistake. We ought to be compassionate to ourselves as well as others for 

making mistakes. 


               Some people feel very upset or guilty if they make a mistake. Karen Horney,

a psychoanalyst, has referred to 'tyranny of the should' as one of the roots of mental illness.

Many of us carry an obsession: "I must succeed in all that I undertake", " I must win if I 

am playing a game". These are unhealthy musts. Someone has called this haabit as 

'musterbation'.  Let us have a generous attitude to ourselves as well as others for mistakes.

Of course, we ought to learn some wisdom from our mistakes, and then move on with 

rightful pursuits of our life. 


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