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.