What You Learned From The Last Mistake You Made.

I would say it would be believing this crap about creating things with your thoughts. It leads to a lot of disappointment if you take it literally or do not understand it.

Let's face it folks how many people going around chanting 'I want a million dollars' and pasting pictures on 'dream boards' ever get the million? Wouldn't we all be gazillionaires?

... and if they do HAPPEN to get it, it is because they TOOK ACTION and got it by WORK and maybe a little intuition as far as who they work with, what 'niche' they choose, timing, what protocols they follow, etc. (and yes there is the POSSIBILITY of your Aunt Mildred having won the lotto after only one week of digesting 'The Secret' - but it is 'one-off' and may be a coincidence). *

We may create our own environment as far as our 'headspace' (happy/unhappy, positive/negative, etc) and this is extremely important -- but we do not create physical reality or manipulate others in any tangible sense necessarily --

Yes we may be able to CAUSE them to love us or hate us, to hire us or fire us - join us or shun us, by both our ATTITUDE and our ACTIONS. But we do not CREATE anyone else's actions or feelings in other regards.

I was initially fooled because even the Bible says similar things such as 'believe that you have received what you pray for and you will have it'. However further study reveals like most things in the Bible, a spiritual book, it is referring to spiritual gifts. - not physical manifestations or manipulation of circumstances or people.

This made me question even my faith when I did not receive what I believed - and it wasn't a million dollars -- unless we are some kind of witch or can bewitch (and few of us are or should be) - then we will be very disappointed by this thinking.

*The thinking and beliefs in this book are spiritism - NOT spirtualism - and closer to witchcraft than faith.

Please people, do not start a religious discussion or start attacking the Bible as this is not allowed here (either pro or con) - I am just using an analogy that is appropriate for my experience in responding to the OP's topic, which happens to be one of the most painful experiences in my adult life.

Also keep in mind this is my OPINION to which I am entitled and if you do not agree, that's fine but you don't need to call me names. So just let it go...

I learned that condoms are not 100% effective.

j/k !!

I think it was unknowingly using a bag containing important nuts and bolts to dump my baby's diapers. I learned to look before dumping.

Getting scammed/conned. Next time something sounds good, listen to your gut/instinct. It's usually always right.

Your instinct/gut is just basically your unconscious mind looking at all the things about a situation that you've been in before that are like the current situation and comparing the outcomes or possibly something you've seen or heard of as well. It then gives you the ok or a bad feeling. If you get a bad feeling, ask yourself why that is, then analyze the situation and listen to it. I should've and I would still have some extra loot.

I learned that when your wife is chemically forced into menopause to control her fertility cycle and then doped up on fertility drugs that you should not make jokes.

While during an IVF cycle I asked my wife if we had 10 kids could I sell 5 of them to pay for the rest - ok bad taste maybe - but I paid for that for a freaking week of sleeping on the couch.

I learned to keep my smart a$$ mouth shut.

I learned that I should keep better records and FORGET the rules when they conflict with reason about what can be expected to happen. I have made that mistake before, but NO MORE! In truth, I decided to get history of what happened towards the end and at least got enough to pretty much prove my case. AND, they told the SAME lies about ANOTHER person there at the SAME time, and we are still friends, so they made SEVERAL mistakes.

Steve

I learned that when good things come to you, never say no....
I few times and I regret that...
Time has gone by. I learned many lessons, but the thing is, those mistakes won't get me all those wasted years back...only the memories and regrets...