“Oops, I mess up.” There goes one blunder, then follow another. To be sure, the sky won’t collapse because of one mess-up or two. Yet, during a few critical years in your life you will eventually feel the ultimate ouch and the almost irreparable damage if you accumulate too many “Oops.” Too many blunders make them not accidents any more, just as too many exceptions make it a rule. That’s how you are judged and classified as either loafer or mediocre or outstanding citizen.

Keep in mind you are only allowed a limited number of oops, no matter where you are. That’s why we have three strikes laws. Remember after three strikes and you are out of the game. Sometimes you don’t even have a second chance. Ask those who fooled away their precious high school years and then came back to classroom ten years later.

This is especially written for my children and hope they will watch out and be aware of the heavy cost of those hapless blunders.