“The mistake we make is to
turn upon our past with angry wholesale negation… The way of wisdom is to treat
it airily, lightly, wantonly, and in a spirit of poetry; and above all to use
its symbols, which are its spiritual essence, giving them a new connotation, a fresh meaning.” -John Cowper Powys,
quoted in The Spirituality of Imperfection
It is vital to learn and grow. Yet, how is this accomplished? The best kind of learning is from experience. The best teacher is pain.
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