Isn’t the lesson the lighter load to carry?

Are you gentle with your mistakes,
do you leave them at the door,
or carry them always everywhere,
as if that is all you have to share

Do you feel the weight of them
carried endlessly about the day?
Who made you think a misstep
was a burden to bear forever,
whose gift was this to you

What if all you did was learn
from them another way,
if you held them thoughtfully
and turned them inside out,
then let them fall away

Be gentle with your mistakes,
and let them carry on alone.