It was with good reason that God commanded through Moses that the vineyard and harvest were not to be gleaned to the last grape or grain; but something to be left for the poor. For covetousness is never to be satisfied; the more it has, the more it wants. Such insatiable ones injure themselves, and transform God's blessings into evil.
You are not the mistakes of your past, but the resources and capabilities that you have gleaned from your past.
When I have fears that I may ceace to be, Before my pen has gleaned my teaming brain".
An adult has the opportunity to enjoy the wisdom gleaned from previous decades of living and experience.