SHORTY: the path of mistakes

Shunryu Suzuki Roshi commented that "My life has been one long series of mistakes."

A little bit more...

This is actually based on a famous Dogen quote which is shoshaku jushaku in the native Japanese.

I liked that there are a few different translations and related phrases.

• To succeed wrong with wrong.

• When you shit on yourself, wipe it up.

-- sources: cuke.com, May 5, 2002 and June 28, 2007, "shunryu suzuki quotes"; and oxherding.com on 2008/08/21. 

A few of my own extensions that (hopefully) illuminate:

• To believe that you can escape (or have escaped) all mistakes is usually an even bigger mistake. Admit your mistakes.
• Fall down. Learn. Get up. Fall down. Learn more.
• What would it be like if you shit on yourself and didn't wipe it up? Similarly, what would it be like if you made mistakes and didn't admit them?