Sometimes you have an idea. You explore some ramifications. You go on a detour. Some paths lead you nowhere. Some others open new ideas. After those explorations, you might end up in the same place, together with your original idea. You might think it was all a waste of time. But in reality you are a different person even if you returned to the same place. You gained depth. Depth is hard to define but we all recognize it.
streamofthought
