Frustration

I am 45 years old and still make mistakes, says Estela. I will be 80 years old and still be making mistakes as well. We can´t be perfect. We can strive to be better every day but we cannot be perfect. We are human beings. And if we strive to be perfect we will be frustrated and angry at ourselves. And it accumulates.... This was part of the morning mantra from Estela. Kyle was explaining how he felt bad that a rock had fallen down when he was starting the temezcal, and Estela was explaing to him that he should absolutely not feel sorry and that if we continue to blame ourselves it will only accumulate into anger, self-doubt, and self-hate. We make mistakes, take note of them, and move on. Yes, that happened, we learned from it, and not it is part of the past. It is interesting, because in Spanish typically people do not say, oh, I should I have done that, or I should have remembered that, or I should have brought it, darn! This is a common saying in English that Estela advised me to not use in Spanish. Instead, think in terms of, oh, yep, I forgot that, and I will remember for next time...we are always learning and will always be...