The quality of a family, a community, a nation is really shaped by how we manage our mistakes and facilitate new beginnings.
Our public discourse is dominated by a focus on mistakes and in a rather cold-hearted, unforgiving fashion. The caravan moves on, but the consequences can be long-lasting both for individuals and for cultures.
The consequences of toxicity and of inept dealing with our mistakes are dangerously vivid in international relationships. The propagandists of the Chinese Communist Party never acknowledge any mistakes. And our response to a failure in our relationship is nuclear submarines!As the Dalai Lama says and as the Christmas story conveys, there is a lot of warm-hearted understanding and forgiveness needed. A lot of more honest conversations which acknowledge our mistakes and offer new beginnings.
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