There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.
Source: The Bridge Across Forever
-- Richard Bach, (Jun 23 1936-____), US novelist, author; He wrote the allegorical novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull; filmed, 1973.