Many years ago, my friend’s mother died of cancer. I knew her my whole life. She loved me. 2 weeks before she died, my friend attended my wedding and gave a speech. Even though his mother was sick and enduring her last days.

When she died, I was 2000 miles away. I didn’t fly there. I didn’t attend the funeral. Instead, I hosted another friends bachelor party. I got drunk, went to the s*********, etc.

My friend stopped talking to me – never returned my calls or texts. We are not friends anymore.

It was the worst mistake I ever made in my life. I was selfish, self-indulgent. I could not be there for my friend. So I lost the friend.

Wisdom comes at the price of failure. But its rarely worth the cost.