servitude of ants, scampering of frightened mice, puppets
jerked on strings.
Surrounded as we are by all of this, we need to practice
acceptance. Without disdain. But remembering that our own
worth is measured by what we devote our energy to.
- Focus on what is said when you speak and on what results
from each action. Know what the one aims at, and what the
other means. - Is my intellect up to this? If so, then I’ll put it to work, like
a tool provided by nature. And if it isn’t, then I’ll turn the job
over to someone who can do better—unless I have no choice.
Or I do the best I can with it, and collaborate with
whoever can make use of it, to do what the community needs
done. Because whatever I do—alone or with others—can
aim at one thing only: what squares with those requirements.
- So many who were remembered already forgotten, and
those who remembered them long gone. - Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a
wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been
wounded and you need a comrade to pull you up? So what? - Forget the future. When and if it comes, you’ll have the