Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Meister Eckhart
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The true meaning of the quote, “Only the hand that erases can write the true thing” is to not settle for less than what you truly want. If we wanted to be perfectly honest with our writing we would have to admit that we don’t always write clearly and strictly follow what we set out to do. Sometimes we miss the mark and just as easily as we could erase it, we let it stand as is. We settle for less than what we really think should be written because writing is just a means to an end. The hand that sets out to write should never set out with anything less than what is truly wanted.

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