The Minor Mistake is Sometimes a Major Improvement

Weave mistakes advantageously into overall pattern.

Many of the world's finest Oriental rugs come from little villages in the Middle East, China, or India. These rugs are hand-produced by crew of men and boys under the direction of a master weaver. They work from the under side of the rug-to-be. It frequently happens that a weaver absentmindedly makes a mistake and introduces a colour that is not according to the pattern.

When this occurs, the master weaver, instead of having the thread pulled out in order to correct the colour sequence, will find some way to incorporate the mistake harmoniously into the overall pattern. In weaving our lives, we can learn to take unexpected difficulties and mistakes and weave them advantageously into the greater overall pattern of our lives. There's an inherent good in most difficulties