Place of Subtraction

One must allow other people to be right- it consoles them for not being anything else. - Andre Gide, The Immoralist

This is where I started isn't it? Perhaps an addenda to that is that the best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

So I find myself, sometimes, in a constant place of subtraction. Sometimes I find myself in a place of bitterness, which I reel against. Bitterness may, at times, result from examination that occasionally leads to disappointment, but it's not the cornerstone of progress. Bitterness is also that taste that often warns you of poison in the plant. It's not something to hold on to, but it's certainly something to learn from.