Life is a great school, and nature is the ultimate teacher, but without awareness, or free attention, we miss life’s teachings. Awareness transforms life experience into wisdom and confusion into clarity. Awareness is the beginning of all growth. Learning is more than knowing something new, it involves doing something new. The process of learning naturally involves errors. Masters make as many mistakes as anyone; but they learn from them. To correct and learn from an error, you need to become aware of it. Awareness of a problem is the beginning of a solution.
- Dan Millman, Body Mind Mastery
