A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those, ' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths to wisdom, this is the cruelest and longest. Are you one who must follow such a way? This even I cannot know. If you are, take heart nonetheless. Those who reach the end do more than gain wisdom. As rough wool becomes cloth, and crude clay a vessel, so do they change and fashion wisdom for others, and what they give back is greater than what they won. . Lloyd Alexander
About This Quote

This quote from Taliesin is a powerful one. In it, he talks about the importance of accepting that nobody is perfect. There are people around us who never seem to learn from their mistakes and they keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again. This is a characteristic many have when they have a problem or a difficult life situation.

But, in most cases they do not want to change. They don’t want to learn from their mistakes nor do they want to change what they are doing that is causing them problems. And, being someone who has an issue with this, I have found that I have had my fair share of issues with this problem.

I have also seen people around me who have the opposite problem where they never seem to accept that they are not perfect and that what they are doing is wrong or wrong at least.

Source: The High King

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