A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
~Alexander Pope
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There’s a worm addicted to eating grape leaves.
Suddenly, he wakes up, call it grace, whatever,
something wakes him, and he’s no longer a worm.
He’s the entire vineyard,
and the orchard too,
the fruit, the trunks,
a growing wisdom and joy
that doesn’t need to devour.
~Rumi