i learned another lesson from experience today.
lesson, experience, learn - are these just words we use to make 'mistake' sound good? instead of 'i made a mistake today' we say 'i gained an experience today and i learned a valuable lesson'. it makes screwing up sound pretty and important, when really you just wish you could go back in time and erase the thing that taught you the lesson in the first place.
i wish there was a limit to experience. like you made all your mistakes by the time you were a certain age (preferably 5) and then after that you were home-free. but no, it's not like that. a situation always presents itself to allow you to show your want of ability and wisdom. a taxi driver in iran told us, "only the first hundred years of life are super difficult; after that it's easy."
only 79 more years to go...