Absalom Underwater. Some thoughts (№ 224563)

- What to do with life's mistakes? asked the disciples of Hodja Nasreddin.
Hodge said:
- Mistakes in life come in Small, Medium and Large.
Small errors are designed to prevent Average: of these the wise man does not grieve, but makes timely insights.
Average errors are used to prevent Large; their wise man does not grieve, but change their lives so that they do not recur.
Large errors are used to change a person's life as a whole; the wise man avoids them like the elephant, prudent encircling the lair of the tigress.