Gratitude for Mistakes

I am feeling grateful for mistakes I have made and lessons I have learned because of my mistakes. Today, I realized that a decision I made would not have been the same decision of it was 4 years ago. In realizing this, my eyes were opened to the effects of it in my life. I look  back at where I was as a person 10, 8, 6, 4, and even 2 years ago and I realize I have changed, grown, and learned. I have realized lessons that I hadn't even noticed before. . . I know it has made me a better person and definitely given me hope.