From the Daniloff Tarot, the Seven of Coins; from the Kuan Yin Poems, Verse 49:
The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.
― John Dewey
Twice I have bought plants from gardening centers that were supposed to be one thing but turned out to be something else. Deciduous trees and shrubs can be hard to identify until they put out leaves, blooms or fruit. It can be exasperating to work hard and only to later discover that the harvest you intended turned out quite differently. The Kuan Yin verse reads:
The chilly waters turn to ice when the year gets colder.
One day the ice will return to flowing water again.
Nature is a grand teacher when it comes to change and impermanence. Such shifts allow us to also learn from mistakes and alter our ideas, giving us a chance to reap the results we want.
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