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What's the hardest lesson you've learned? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 5 months ago by Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Interpret 'hardest' however suits you. Look forward to your answers!

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 57 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard

You can do everything right and still lose, still face heart break, and still face setbacks.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago

To this day, that is one of my favorite fictional quotes of all time. It's something that for years every now and again I have to remind myself of, since our modern world focuses so extremely on success in all ways at all costs.

It's kinda scary actually...

[–] croobat@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

"Not everything is a lesson Ryan, sometimes you just fail."