Laughing at our past mistakes and bad experiences

I just came back from a night out with my new-found friends. There were 8 of us, all women who are working in HR of different multi-national companies. At 50, I am the eldest of them all and the youngest is one who's 30,about two years younger than my eldest daughter.

I was so delighted that we all connected with each other instantly after starting to network through LinkedIn and word-of mouth. But actually, we did not talk about our jobs... we talked about our lives.

I was so delighted to find that each of us could just share our past mistakes and bad experiences openly with laughter and sense of humour. We seriously picked up learning from each other's stories and were all amazed about life's realities yet we all realized that sharing sad stories openly with no bitterness and shame is a proof of contentment, happiness and wisdom.

In fact, I think we were able to share openly with each other because all of us confidently know that because of what we achieved and where we are now, the past could be forgotten as if they never had happened.

The lesson we had proven? Whatever bad situation you are in will pass. Try to recover from it and strive to be successful. When you are successful, people will see your success and forget about the past.