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The introduction to Parker J. Palmer’s 25th anniversary edition of Let your Life Speak includes this salient passage:

“I’ve learned more from my missteps and defeats than from my successes. When I succeed, I do little more than congratulate myself. When I fail, I slow down and think, trying to learn what I can about myself and the world in hope of not making that kind of mistake again.”

It resonated.

Any one of us can work to avoid repeating mistakes. The wise choose to do so through the lens of humility, curiosity, and discovery.