Mistake...learn and grow.

Why is it that we become so hard on ourselves when we make bad choices?  We don't receive a blue print at the time of birth to help us navigate through this journey.  The only way to understand life is to be an active participant and go through it. 
I recall a time in school (Columbia University) when I got my first credit card.  In my eyes, I thought it was free money.  The once poor college student who survived on white rice through the week, now had the ability to dine at Carmines, attend plays on Broadway, and purchase jewelry in the village.  Before it was over, I had five credit cards, a school boudoir and dresser along with two racks filled with clothes.  I was above cloud nine.  Ramen noodles was not apart of my college experience.
However, the ignorance that Ihad with regards to credit and how it actually worked caught up with me quickly. I spent the latter part of my twenties cleaning up the mess that I created.  The experience of creating unnecessary debt and clawing my way out of the black hole, taught me how to wisely handle and budget my money.  Now I document every cent and every dollar is accounted for. If I had not made the mistake earlier in my life, the possibility of not having that experience then, could have cost me much more now.
The moral of the story: Calm down, mistakes happen.  Get up, look around, figure out how you got there, back track a little and move forward.  Your human, it happens.  That's what I keep telling myself :)