What is the difference between….
a “mistake” and a “discovery”?
- When you add 2+2 and come up with the answer 5 – Is it a mistake or a discovery?
- When you head north on the highway and the destination you are going to is actually south – Is it a mistake or a discovery?
- When you put the bicycle together and there are 8 bolts left over and the chain doesn’t work – Is it a mistake or a discovery?
- When you fall in love and believe this is the relationship for the rest of your life and it lasts 4 months – Is is a mistake or a discovery?
- When Columbus set sail to Asia and ended up in the Americas – Is it a mistake or a discovery?
Now many people would tell you the first 4 situations are a mistake – but then they will say that Columbus discovered America….
Hmmm…. Why is that? – aren’t all the same – they are either all mistakes or all discoveries!
I believe they are all Discoveries!
You discover when you put 2 apples in the same basket with another 2 apples you end up with 4 apples not 5… So you have made a discovery – 2+2=4
When you head north instead of south and it takes you several more hours than planned to get to your friends house – You have indeed discovered you do not want to go that way again!! 
Christopher Columbus took a wrong turn and he discovered America!
It’s all about perception…
When you look at things through the eyes of discovery – You can see expansion, opportunities, possibilities, wonder…
When you look at the same things through the eyes of mistake – You see fault, problems, judgment, errors …..
Same situation – different perspective -
The Law of Attraction states that my life is unfolding according to my thoughts – according to my perspective…. which creates my vibration.
If I am seeing fault and errors – I am going to be vibrating fault and errors and I am going to be attracting fault and errors.
I have a choice…
I can see the situation through those eyes of mistake or I can look at things through those inquisitive eyes of Discovery!
When I made a “mistake” – it would really bother me – I would end up verbally beating myself up! When things didn’t go the way I thought they should and I labeled the situation or the other person – “mistake” – I would be agitated…. It was not pleasant – Complaining really isn’t fun!
Several years ago – I made the choice - “There are No Mistakes….. Only Discoveries!” TM
This change of perspective has made a huge difference in my life!
It has given me a lighter perspective on life… It has taken some situations that used to be very frustrating and has turned them into possibilities! I don’t beat me up anymore…
And – Yes there are days – I make many, many, many discoveries!! 
Just by calling those days “discovery days” – I am able to laugh at situations I would not have laughed at years ago.
So… You tell me – - Did you make any mistakes today? or Did you make some Discoveries?
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And here is the mug that I drink my coffee from…. As you can see the photo from CafePress shows the bottom line as a bit squiggly – but the mug is actually in perfect proportions…. Mistake – or – Discovery?
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"There are No Mistakes..... Only Discoveries!" TM ~ Ellie Walsh
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Hi Ellie, I made this “Discovery” today and thought I would share it with you. It effected me so much that I put it as a post on my blog.
LOL
Coryelle
Hi Ellie, I did not put in the eariler comment what happened to me, so I am doing do now…
I made a so-called “mistake” when I wrote an email to a friend. I wrote “I am being god with myself” instead of writing “good to myself”. Well!, this turned out to be a HUGE discovery, so much so that I wrote about it on my blog (just click me name “Coryelle Kramer” above this comment to see the post)
It is so great when things like this happen, and I wanted to share it with you.
I am wishing you a wonder-filled day
Coryelle
Hi Coryelle…
Thanks for sharing this “discovery”!