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Painted on top of a painting whose subject matter was a failure, making it even more poignant. Yet what is a failure? we tell our kids they are okay because you learn from them. We let people fail as not to enable them, so they can learn by experience verses lecture. I personally love when enough time has passed after a labeled failure and I have the wisdom and insight to see what the experience taught me

Last night, as I was sleeping,
I dreamt – marvelous error!
That I had a beehive
Here inside my heart.
And the golden bees were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures

Antonio Machado

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