What Do Mishaps Mean To You Essay

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Throughout my life, I have made one mistake after another, but what I find important through those mistakes is how I overcome those mishaps no matter how big they were. I am a human being just like anyone, but unlike many people that I have come to know, I have always been able admit and to overcome my mistakes big or small. Mishaps teaches you valuable life lessons and helps one to evolve and grow. What happens when you start learning anything? You make mistakes, don't you? You make many mistakes until finally you are able to ride a bike or drive a car. Life is full mistakes and without them you do not learn how to live.

One of the biggest fault I made was taking my academics for granted. For the first few years of college, I was a terrible

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