Where's the danger for the community?
- Not to be overwhelmed by what you imagine, but just do
what you can and should. And if <... > suffer in
inessentials, not to treat that as a defeat. (Bad habit.)
Like the old man asking for the orphan’s toy on the way out
—even though he knew that’s all it was. Like that.
36a. † Up on the platform. †
Have you forgotten what’s what?
—I know, but it was important to them.
And so you have to be an idiot as well?
- I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune
abandoned me.
But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good
fortune: good character, good intentions, and good actions.