ORIGINAL: Villa
I have always felt that you are not an RC pilot until you have a few crashes under your belt, after you have soloed. My crashes taught me how little I really knew.
There is a morbid truth in these words... Just take it easy and maybe you won't have to learn the way I and aparently Villa learned

However, when it comes down to it... crashes happen. They are also known as "excuses to get a new plane" or "excuse to recover an old plane".