Being able to read isn’t a passport to anything. Reading is.
Know what ‘wabisabi’ means? I didn’t until this morning when a new
friend and I had a discussion about the beauty of what is, imperfections
and transience and all. Look it up.

“The person who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the person who can’t read them.” – Mark Twain, American Author, 1830-1910