PSY 205 5

DIRECTIONS

The Portable Therapist and the epigram on our syllabus remind us to think of our mistakes as lessons. We learn lessons. We are enrolled in a full-time school called Life.  Each day we will be presented with opportunities to learn what we need to know.  The lessons presented are often completely different from those we think we need.

There are no mistakes—only lessons. Growing is a process of trial and error and experimentation.  We can learn as much from failure as we can from success.

A lesson will be repeated until it is learned.  A lesson will be presented to us in various forms until we have learned it.  When we have learned it, as evidenced by a change in our behavior, then we can go on to the next lesson.

Learning lessons never ends. Some might even be repeated.  There is no stage of life that does not contain lessons.  As long as we live, there will be something more to learn.

Instructions:

Write four to five pages about what you have learned from your mistakes. You might write about mistakes & lessons with respect to:

Friends & enemies                  Abilities & disabilities

Loving & hating                      Fitting in & not fitting in

Succeeding & failing              Cheating & being faithful

Going to school                       Partying & drinking

Work & play                           Helping & being helped

Losing & finding                    Goals & dreams

Leading & following              Winning & losing

In your paper,a void using the pronouns “YOU” and “YOUR”.

Instead, use “I,” “ME,” “MINE.”

The paper must follow APA (6th ed.) format. You must have a title page. A minimum of three pages and a maximum of four pages, including a title page. (Remember—Double space, Times New Roman, 12 font, one inch margs)