gravel stones

Inspired by the following lines from Kodoku no Tonari (next door to loneliness) by the late, best-selling Japanese writer, Ayako Miura: Life is as full of material to learn from as a gravel road is full of stones. Not having gone to school is itself something to learn from. So is poverty, a weak constitution, failure, a broken heart, ignorance, prosperity, and adversity. If you have the will to learn from it, anything can be teaching material.