Irish/British playwright and political activist George Bernard Shaw said that human wisdom is proportional not to experience but to the willingness to have an experience. I find this concept quite interesting. Wouldn't it be really wonderful if all people were capable of learning from what happens to them? Unfortunately, it is not so. After having an altercation with somebody, you should learn that "your" behavior was not the most suitable. Will you remember it next time? Hardly. Your 'ego' is still convinced that your way is the best way, so you keep being confronted by similar situations over and over. Experience, therefore, is seldom useful and it doesn't necessarily make you wiser. It could be greatly beneficial, though, if you were willing to consider it as a teacher who gives good advice in order to pass your exams (= to become a better human being). Are you willing to see yourself as a student who has still a lot to learn?
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