Oct 17 2012: It was not until I was free of school and had moved on to making myself a better me that I discovered the value in the portion of a failure that I actually got right. That portion, however small, is a stepping stone towards success. If we never define what we get wrong we never define what we get right. Socially and educationally we need to train our youth to accept and assess both as valuable input. Imagine what we could achieve if no effort was dismissed as wasted!
Oct 17 2012: Despite the "stigma" attached to sharing personal and professional failures I think people should more openly share them. Sure there are socially acceptable limits to how much we should do this but helping others avoid the pitfalls is rewarding, often educational for all concerned and tends to define and strengthen the purpose and outcome of an endeavour. Sharing failure also seems to get easier with time and I've noticed even those who might laugh or show distain seem to avoid making the same mistakes I did.
Oct 17 2012: I've seen the living bridge photos and they work because they are part of an ecosystem. So we would have to adjust our way of living with nature because now we would have a new level of intimacy with "all" the flora and fauna associated with tree's. And nature needs time since most of what we force feed or grow seems to quickly wither and die. (Quite the psycho-social adjustment. Have a baby and start to grow a house and save for post secondary education! Culture defined by a symbiotic relationship with living things.) Your home as an ecosystem rather than one or two types of plants might grow faster/stronger and be more self sustaining over time and seasonal changes.
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