Learn Better

In some stories, a villain may come to a sudden or gradual realization that their behavior has been villainous. Generally, people don't think of themselves as being bad, just human and probably misunderstood. Yet, none of us are as good as we could be. It shouldn't be surprising, then, that people occasionally realize that they had not been as good as they had thought they had been. We all occasionally realize that we had or have been making bad choices.

When this happens, we have several options, the best of which is almost certainly to repent and change our behavior, preferably without beating ourselves up for having been imperfect. As we learn and grow, we hopefully become better people, and part of that is learning about how we had been worse. Often, such a realization is painful, as is the challenge of breaking bad habits and forming better ones. Yet, the introspection and effort are necessary. If we want to become better, we need to be willing to find out where we have room to improve, and we need to be willing to put in the work of making those improvements.

It's a difficult process made all the more difficult by the knowledge that we must learn that we weren't as good as we thought we were. I've begun this process several times in my life, and I can attest to its difficulty. But facing the challenge is necessary if we want to improve.

We all make bad decisions. Our task is to learn what bad choices we're making and then to learn better.