Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
--Hippocrates, Aphorisms
The Little Voice
There's a little voice in each of us that tells us the right thing to do. It answers all of our questions and makes all of our decisions simply and easily for us.
Unfortunately, we don't listen to that voice.
Why? Because most of us can't hear it.
Have you ever been at a party or restaurant, or any place where there are many simultaneous conversations going on? So many that it sounds like a drone, and none of them are understandable? Then, out of nowhere, suddenly everyone falls silent at the same time, except for you, usually right when you, loudly to be heard over the din, blurt out something really embarrassing or personal. By some crazy fluke, all but one are temporarily hushed, and that one voice immediately gains everyone's undivided attention.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked.
"Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat.
"I don't know," Alice answered.
"Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."
--Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland