There’s a quote associated with the American artist Florence Scovel Shinn: “No man is your friend, no man is your enemy, every man is your teacher.” I think we can update this to be less gendered and more applicable for life generally: “No situation is good, no situation is bad, every situation is our teacher.” The moment we can learn from a situation is the moment we win, finding and creating shiny gold in even the dullest and dimmest of places.
