“But what if I make a mistake?" Will asked.
Gilan threw back his head and laughed. "A mistake? One mistake? You should be so lucky. You'll make dozens! I made four or five on my first day alone!"
~John Flanagan
It's pretty easy to come up with a list of least favorite mistakes, but what about favorites? I can think of a couple I've made that I might call favorites. Can you? There are a lot of people who appreciate these mistakes:
15 Delicious Things That Were Invented By Mistake
Sheryl Crow
A blog for the book IMPERFECT: a poetry anthology for middle schoolers about mistakes
How can we make the most of useful mistakes and do our best to fix the ones that need fixing? Poetry can help us figure it out.
That's a very good question. I'll have to think about.
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