Hi! Kindly excuse my fallibility of not posting for a really long time. I accept and acknowledge my failing; my innate tendency to err.

In today’s post, I want to share the inborn nature of human fallibility, why should one accept fallibility in themselves, others and life, and how to make the most of it. It's about #failureasfriend This awareness made me feel lighter and I hope you will feel the same too.

Everyone makes mistakes. Research posits that ignorance and ineptitude are the two major sources of fallibility. Ignorance can be reduced with scientific knowledge and ineptitude with training and technology.

However, there is a third source of error that one cannot overcome called necessary fallibility. That is, we will never have complete knowledge of the universe. That no matter how vast scientific knowledge becomes and how rapidly technology advances, we humans will not understand every aspect of life and there will always be some degree of uncertainty. Uncertainty is inevitable in life and fallibility follows uncertainty.

Since it is a distinctively human characteristic, wisdom prevails in accepting and acknowledging one’s own mistakes. It is not smart to confess our fallibility and not do anything about it. Having gained awareness, we apologise to ourselves and others, learn from it and move forward armed with the knowledge and intent of not repeating the same mistake. Of course, new ones are most welcome! So, yes although we can address our ignorance and ineptitude, as we move on in life, we can recognise and acknowledge our fallibility, no need to hide and ignore it, see it as it is, “a fundamental fact of human existence”.

Expecting others and ourselves to not make mistakes, and manage tasks & life perfectly is unreasonable.

Everyone is fallible including parents, teachers, experts and role models. Every human makes mistakes, due to their varying levels of knowledge and ineptitude and the fathomless capacity of necessary fallibility. When we fail to recognise fallibility in others, we put them on a pedestal and get distressed when they make mistakes. It will be helpful to humanise the people we interact with, to accept and understand their fallible nature as we see ours. Understand that others may misinterpret, misperceive and err at times. Learn from it, forgive and move on.

We have been making mistakes for thousands of years and while we can become better, we will never become perfect.

So, embrace fallibility, learn from it and keep on making new mistakes.
Remember, everyone is a fallible being.