Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

I love the idea. Life is an experiment, albeit an experiment where we are the subjects and directly bear the gains and consequences of our tests.

The only problem is the qualifier “too.” There is always a restraint, always a point that is too far, always a bit of timidity that is needed to keep us from going too far. Learning what is too far is the hardest part.

Sometimes you just have to burn your hands a couple times to figure out how hot is too hot.

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