[Yoda]

The last event I played in was just prior to Cuscowilla and it was the worst event I had played since 2004. My focus was poor, my alignments were off, and I was playing a game I thought I had left behind.

At the Cuscowilla event I "found" my alignments while listening to Lynn and teaching everyone there. For me, teaching is learning.

[Bold emphasis by Yoda.]

Congrats, Jeff, on your great victory. Your post puts it all into perspective:

A student . . . listening to his teacher . . . learns.

A teacher. . . teaching others . . . learns.

And a performer . . . teaching himself . . . learns.

Wow!

Kahlil Kibran was right:

"We teach what we need to learn."

On any level . . . it's magic.