How to be happy: 'Laugh at small mistakes'

The top image is a 'Nemophila'.
Its flower language is 'success everywhere'.

The spreading blue
is not something that blooms only in special places.
Wherever it is,
it is a flower that creates the sky right there.

'Success everywhere' does not mean
achieving something,
but being able to remain yourself in any situation.

Today, from that perspective,
I will think about how to face small mistakes.

To you who aim for perfection

You want to do things carefully.
You want to finish things properly.
If possible, you want to finish without mistakes.

That attitude is very sincere.

However, the stronger that desire is,
the more you may find yourself unable to tolerate
even the slightest deviation.

A single small mistake
can shake your evaluation of the whole day.

That is not a problem of ability,
but the flip side of the strength of wanting to be perfect.

Trying to give meaning to small mistakes

When you spill a drink.

A moment when you tend to think, 'I did it again'.

But you can also try thinking about it this way.

'The table that doesn't usually get to drink
must have been a little jealous.'

When you think that way, your heart strangely relaxes.

The fact of what happened does not change.
Even so, you can change how you perceive the event.

Instead of just letting a small mistake end as it is,
try adding a little humor to it.

Just by doing that, the way you see the world changes.

Another kind of perfection, adjusted with humor

When people talk about perfectionism,
the focus tends to be on eliminating mistakes.

However, there is another way of thinking.

The idea of 'perfection that includes
turning small mistakes into humor'.

Instead of aiming not to fail,

you build a self that doesn't fall apart even if you do fail.
This is not the strength to cover up the surface,

but a state of being adjusted from the inside.

The power to keep moving forward lightly

If you keep taking everything seriously,
your heart will gradually become heavy.

That is precisely why
it is important to relax here and there.

For small mistakes,
insert just a little bit of humor.

That is not escapism,
but a strategy for moving forward.

Don't carry it heavily, let it flow lightly, and move again.

Repeating that
leads to the feeling of being able to be yourself
in any place.

Because you are not perfect, you can move forward

The more you try to be perfect,
the easier it is for your feet to stop.

On the other hand,
people who can accept small mistakes
can keep moving.

Even if you stumble a little, laugh, and move on again.

The accumulation of that
becomes a big difference before you know it.

Like a Nemophila,
blooming right where you are.

Being able to keep moving forward wherever you are.
That is a light way of being
that exists apart from the results.

Make small mistakes your ally

Mistakes are not things to be eliminated,
but things whose handling you change.

You don't need to stop aiming for perfection.

Just add one bit of 'humor' into it.

Just by doing that,
even for the same event,
the burden on your heart will change significantly.

Summary

Laughing at small mistakes.

That is not about spoiling yourself,
but a power to keep moving forward.

While aiming for perfection,
at the same time, build a self that doesn't fall apart.

As a means for that,
humor works very well.

Add a little meaning to the small mistake
that happened somewhere today.

Like a Nemophila,
so that you can remain yourself without falling apart wherever you are.

Books that influenced me in writing this article

'Humor is the Ultimate Weapon'

It is a book that gave me the perspective
that the weight of reality changes depending on how you perceive things.

I have also summarized other 'ways to be happy' flowers
at the link below.
Please take as much as you need 🍀

Thank you for reading until the end. I hope to see you in another article. 🍀May you be happy🍀