<ul><li><strong>Our vulnerability</strong><span>. We have limited and fragile support systems. When those systems fail, people often lose their lives.</span></li>
<li><strong>Real dangers</strong>. Making mistakes can put us at the mercy of nature and its animal residents seeking a meal.</li>
<li><strong>Ignorance</strong>. Many cultures scapegoat someone whenever there is a failure of some kind. </li>
<li><strong>Order</strong>. Many societies punish those who do not conform to the prevailing orthodoxy and treat differences and non-conformity as a mistake.</li></ul>

Why Mistakes Feel Dangerous

<ul><li>Mistakes point us to something we did not know</li><li>Help us see what matters and what does not</li><li>Inform us more about our values</li><li>Teach us more about others</li><li>Keep us connected to what works and what doesn’t work</li><li>Remind us of our humanity</li><li>Spur us to want to better work which helps us all</li><li>Promote compassion for ourselves and others</li><li>Help us to pace ourselves better</li><li>Invite us to better choices</li><li>Can suggest new options we had not considered</li><li>Prompt us to learn more about ourselves</li><li>Make us more humble</li><li>Expose our true feelings</li><li>Point us in a more creative direction</li><li>Can hasten change</li><li>Reveal our blind spots</li></ul>

Benefits of Making Mistakes

<p><span>When we recognize the inevitability of mistakes as part of life, then we can relax more. In doing so we may make fewer of them.</span></p><p><b>Handling mistakes well can help you relax and enjoy all aspects of life more.</b></p><div><div><div>
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Reframe Reality 

<p><span>Mistakes are really a demand for order and continuity. </span>But the world and everything in it is constantly changing. </p><p><b>It is better to continually bend into this reality rather than fight every change we experience. Fighting it can cause us to make more mistakes. </b></p>

You Cannot Avoid Making Mistakes

I'm extremely pleased to be writing about this topic. It's something I have been paying great attention to over the last 2 years. Brain function has not nearly been discussed enough in the past, however seems to be picking up speed over the last few years.