Same Mistakes | The Echo-Friendly

This has been another repeat song for me this week. I heard it during the credits of an episode of ‘Girls’.

I had been intensely trying to avoid this show for a while. After multiple people told me about the characters’ questionable sexual escapades and then followed it up with “it made me think of you!”, I vowed never to watch it. But when you find yourself preparing for cross-country holiday travel, you tend to throw your preconceived opinions of entertainment out of the window.

I like the show. I have to admit it, I do. It’s hilarious and I love that. But what I really like about the show is that it doesn’t make light of the ridiculousness is sheds light on. I like that.

I like that because for every dumb thing you do, a little bit of respect is owed…or earned…or both.

Or maybe I’m just saying that because I have done countless dumb things. I have made endless mistakes…or infinite…because I don’t see them ending anytime soon.

They’re not the same mistakes. But they’re very similar. They’re on the same plane but on a different level. It’s like I’m on a kind of mistake spiral staircase. And I keep tripping an scrapping my knee at the same place. Each time I’m a little more tired. Each time a little less surprised. But each time moving in the right direction.