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Heavenletter #4897 An artist of life
Posted March 21st, 2014 by Luus
Dear Gloria, I wonder whether the following sentence is entirely correct: Substitute the word mistaken. I would more expect it to read like: Substitute the word wrong for mistaken.
No one likes to be wrong, and no one likes to admit he is wrong. Substitute the word mistaken. Mistaken is a little easier to swallow. Being mistaken is part of life, and so you grow. In this way, you can be glad you made a mistake, for through such errors, you grow. Do you like making mistakes? Not at all. And yet you grow, and so you climb another rung in the ladder of life.
I'm not positive I grasp
I'm not positive I grasp your question, dear Luus, but maybe I do.
I think God is saying that mistaken is a softer word. That is, wrong is a harsher word. The connotation of wrong is harder than the connotation of mistaken. Wrong is a heavier word, so to speak. Mistaken isn't a word with moral principals attached to it as wrong may.. Wrong becomes judgmental whereas, a mistake is merely a mistake.
Therefore, God says substitute the word mistaken for the word wrong.
Please tell me if I am missing something, dear Luus!
The word mistaken is not
The word mistaken is not mentioned earlier, the word wrong, yes. So I would think that we cannot substitute the word mistaken if it is not used and that we should substitute the word wrong by the word mistaken.
Dear Luus, I think Gloria is
Dear Luus, I think Gloria is right. It is not necessary to repeat the word 'wrong'. Of course, when we substitute, we substitute one thing to/for the other. Here, it is simply implicit.
Luus, Gloria and Normand are
Luus, Gloria and Normand are quite right, but I sense that you may still be scratching your head. Gloria's expanded sense of the sentence, "substitute the word mistaken for the word wrong", is what is unspoken but implied. If it still doesn't seem right, please say so.