That makes sense. I like the idea of my life being made up of little stitches, and looking back at the shape of the sweater so far :)

And the article looks cool, I skimmed a bit of it and will go back when there's more time. And that does make sense too, to encourage and reward kids based on effort and action rather than innate qualities. Otherwise it's like the predestined Calvinism thing, you're either doomed or saved from the start.