Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error ultimately leading to wisdom. Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action, you can never quite be certaion how the situation will turn out. Sometimes you are victorious, and sometimes you become disillusioned(adj. 醒悟的; 幻想破灭的; 不抱幻想的). The failed experiments, however, are no less valuable than the experiments that ultimately prove successful; in fact, you usually learn more from your perceived "failures" than you do from your perceived "success".
If you have made what you perceive to be a mistake or failed to live up to your own expectations, you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence(n. 基本, 原素, 本质) and the part of you that is the alleged wrong-doer. However, perceiving past actions as mistakes implies guilt and blame, and it is not possible to learn anything m