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The Thing I Don't Understand

On getting it wrong.

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A glance around the contemporary political and social landscape shows clearly that most people have not gotten that message. In fact, as a people, we honor just the opposite. Advertising? Politics? Oprah?

I just popped my biceps tendon. Obviously, logic will not handle everything. Diligence will not solve every problem.

But if you don't start there -- reading the directions, as it were -- you won't go anywhere.

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