Would you rather go through the pain and learn from your experiences or be attentive and learn from other people's mistakes?

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DownTheStreet · 51-55, M

Id like to think i would learn from others first, but you know us humans we often have to make those mistakes ourselves

FarAway · 56-60, F

Absolutely true. It's like we have to feel the heartache then only we will learn, in some cases we don't always learn the first time around.

DownTheStreet · 51-55, M

Yep - and we hold out hope that ours something different, special, and won't end up the same -/ the beauty of hope, the tragedy of delusion ...:)

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