A Mistake Born to Make Mistakes

YOU DESERVE THE WORLDD!! I hope everything falls in alignment soon! I really love this poem!! Your poetry is a masterpiecee! You do everything flawlessly! What a great wordsmith you are!

A wonderful poem.🤩You and your brain are coming up with amazing writing and poems. I’m thoroughly enjoying reading what you dream up, and also your encouraging comments. ✅

Congrats on your leaderboard placement 🎉🎉 I was so happy to see your name coming up on the list! You deserve it.💖 (Another sign to stop second guessing yourself.)

Heyyyy Euan, it made me so happy to see you on the Leaderboard! Congratulations! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊

We are all born to make mistakes and your words elucidate that

Many people think like this. But need to be reminded mistakes are a part of life - to accept it, to learn from it, to prepare for it. We are humans mistakes are natural. Don't you dare feel about yourself like that. Hope you get your rays of sunshine soon. Waiting to see the smile on your face

This hit home really hard. But I think you're being too harsh on yourself! I don't believe mistakes are mistakes, or in failures. If you can learn from them, it was a lesson and what seems as failure is often divine redirection or protection. And maybe it's not the mind, but the wiring of it, which can be changed. I worked on my ruminating mind with Dr. Joe Dispenza and improved a lot. But honestly only a genius mind can come up with the things you write, and that's something you should definitely be proud of! I didn't read everything you wrote yet, but I loved all what I have read. You are talented. And the source of it is who you are and how you operate.❤️

Oh man, Euan, this hits hard. I think you'd be surprised how many people feel this way, going through life feeling like people are seeing everything we did wrong. In my experience, though, they're all worrying about zits, or shoes, or boyfriends, or even tests, or a house payment. Never even noticing you.

This poem strikes a chord - I think you knocked the assignment out of the ballpark (or some other suitably mixed metaphor). That little voice in the back of your head that comes out at 2 AM when everything is dark and quiet and tells you nothing you've done matters and every effort is wasted - you've perfectly captured that low place we've all been at one time or another. When things seem to be going well, but we still feel like frauds. Or maybe things aren't all they seem on the surface, and we know that if people only KNEW... well, they would see right through us, right? The irony is that it's not true, of course. You're a wonderfully talented writer. And I can see how you've been finding your voice here and exploring what you want to convey to readers. Your writing is only getting stronger with each story and poem and essay you post on Vocal. The unfortunate truth I've found is that many creative people come to their talents through darkness and self-doubt. It's what fuels our need to write, to create. Pain is what moves us forward in order to make things better. This poem is raw and vulnerable, and I applaud you for sharing it, Euan.

Euan, my first thought is that I hope with every fiber of my being that you do NOT see yourself this way. A mistake, no, a blessing- yes! This stood out, "I am always in the audience to everyone's stage including my own." Allow me to give you a personal perspective. You are a kind-hearted soul who shows up for others. Supportive, genuine, and compassionate are keywords that come to mind. If being an audience to everyone's stage includes yourself, then please use the three keywords I listed and give that gift to yourself. Of course, my perspective is based on your poem and the notion that somehow you feel you are a mistake. Be assured that this is the farthest thing from the truth. Emotional writing and powerful, and now I think I need a tissue to wipe away forthcoming tears. 💗💗💗

Reading this made me so sad! 😔 I really hope you don't actually think this about yourself. You are not a mistake. You're kind, supportive, and funny, not to mention an incredibly talented writer (as we can clearly see from the piece you've written). The fact that you make mistakes doesn't make you a mistake. It just means you're human, like the rest of us. Show yourself the same kindness you so generously give to others. 💜

Oh no, I really hope you're not actually feeling this way about yourself 🥺 You may not be perfect, but that's what makes you human. And you're a wonderful human at that. Your comment on my pieces, especially the ones you recently left, put a hugeeeee smile on my face. It's such an honour being your friend! 🥰🥰🥰

Gosh, this actually really choked me up Euan. I hope to goodness this isn’t how you see yourself. You are always so uplifting and positive about other people on this platform so I hope you know how important/ valued/ appreciated you are. Also that line about being the audience to everyone else’s stage was phenomenal. Wishing you all the best Euan.

This was intense and so very vulnerable. The opening lines had me holding my breath and racing through it only to start over again. Your words resonated so much. I think we all feel this on some level, and despite not knowing you, I know that even when we sink into these thoughts, there is a vein of light, an undercurrent that connects us all so that we can take comfort in this shared experience of life. You are not a mistake :)

Euan, this was an incredible piece. As humans, we will always make mistakes, and our mistakes will always weigh on us most heavily in our own minds. Just because you aren’t perfect, an impossibility, does not mean you are undeserving of love, compassion, and forgiveness, even and especially from yourself. ♥️

Wow Euan. This is so sad. You are special just the way you are. Just look at the accomplishments posted on your profile. Beauty and worth lies in the eyes of the beholder and Euan I see a special young man that I enjoy reading his articles especially when he’s not beating himself up. Nicely written poem.