Get Un-Frustrated

What If Your Biggest Mistake Was Actually Your Best Gift?

I had an incident recently. I was frustrated. Angry, even.

I've always lived with the mindset that if I have to go back and pick something up more than once, I'm not being efficient. That mindset has served me well. But it can also be a snare.

As I sat in my frustration, replaying it, analyzing it, beating myself up over it, a still small voice interrupted:

"All that aside, what did you learn?"

That question changed everything.

The world says mistakes mean you're failing. But what if they're just tests? Not to punish you, but to reveal where you can shore up a weakness.

When you take a course, the exam doesn't exist to shame you. It exists to show you what you know—and what you don't.

My takeaway? Get un-frustrated, Jackie.

Move forward. Refuse to allow yesterday's mistakes to determine your today.

Know that He who began a good work in you will complete it. Philippians 1:6

When I reframed my point of view, my heart posture changed. This wasn't a failure. It was an opportunity to become a sharper leader. Compassionate but documented and systemic.

Knowing your weakness is the best gift you could ever be given. Because once you see it, you can shore it up.

The Soul Esteem Freedom Journal is where you process these moments—where frustration becomes clarity and mistakes become momentum.

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