This conjuration is not a rallying cry from a self-help guru but a quote I came across recently, penned by Friedrich Nietzsche. What does it mean ? To understand the aphorism, it seems useful to draw a distinction between deciding who you are and choosing to become who you are. Deciding means to make a
“I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts, and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can’t be judged only by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh judgments can make hypocrites of us all; that a lot of life is just showing up and
“Tell me the weight of a snowflake,” a coal-mouse asked a wild dove. “Nothing more than nothing,” was the answer. “In that case, I must tell you a marvelous story,” the coal-mouse said. “I sat on the branch of a fir tree, close to its trunk, when it began to snow—not heavily, not dramatically —
Here is a wonderful story told by Richard Bookstaber: In Southeast Asia, monkey trappers stake a small wooden box to the ground with a hole just large enough for the monkey to slide in its hand. Inside the box is placed a lychee nut. The trappers wait in hiding until a monkey comes by and