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           AndthenIrealizedthateachindividualgetstodecidewhatis“enough,”andthatlovecanbewhateverweletitbe.

           EverystepofthewayIwaswrong.Abouteverything.Throughoutmylife,I’vebeenflat-outwrongaboutmyself,others,society,culture,theworld,theuniverse—everything.

           AndIhopethatwillcontinuetobethecasefortherestofmylife.

           JustasPresentMarkcanlookbackonPastMark’severyflawandmistake,onedayFutureMarkwilllookbackonPresentMark’sassumptions(includingthecontentsofthisbook)andnoticesimilarflaws.Andthatwillbeagoodthing.BecausethatwillmeanIhavegrown.

           There’safamousMichaelJordanquoteabouthimfailingoverandoverandoveragain,andthat’swhyhesucceeded.Well,I’malwayswrongabouteverything,overandoverandoveragain,andthat’swhymylifeimproves.

           Growthisanendlesslyiterativeprocess.Whenwelearnsomethingnew,wedon’tgofrom“wrong”to“right.”Rather,wegofromwrongtoslightlylesswrong.Andwhenwelearnsomethingadditional,wegofromslightlylesswrongtoslightlylesswrongthanthat,andthentoevenlesswrongthanthat,andsoon.Wearealwaysintheprocessofapproachingtruthandperfectionwithoutactuallyeverreachingtruthorperfection.

           Weshouldn’tseektofindtheultimate“right”answerforourselves,butrather,weshouldseektochipawayatthewaysthatwe’rewrongtodaysothatwecanbealittlelesswrongtomorrow.