People who ask a lot of questions tend to lead more complicated lives than the folk who seem to just take it all on trust. Whilst they may sometimes pine for a more simple existence, they benefit enormously from the judicious application of their critical faculties. it may take such a person some while to switch off one persona and adopt another. Someone who has only seen you acting in one capacity, may soon be surprised by how different you can be under other circumstances.
'An expert,' said the Danish physicist Niels Bohr, 'is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.',
How much more efficient could we all be, if only we didn't have to sleep, eat and attend to all those other requirements? Existence isn't always easy and it rarely makes much sense.
Is history destined to repeat itself? That depends on whether anyone is willing to learn from it. Humans are strange. We speak about ourselves as if we have always existed - and always will.
The play is now being recast. Who you once were, is not who you are now about to be. Shakespeare said, 'all the world's a stage' so it is not surprising that many of us tend to assume that the play, being acted out upon it, must be one of the bard's compositions, too! Certainly amongst the many complex characters he created, there are figures who bear more than a passing resemblance to your good self. Or, at least, to the persona that you have found yourself obliged to adopt in order to carry out a particular role.Which came first? The chicken or the egg? That is hardly a complicated question. There can surely only be one answer, can't there?
'An expert,' said the Danish physicist Niels Bohr, 'is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.',
How much more efficient could we all be, if only we didn't have to sleep, eat and attend to all those other requirements? Existence isn't always easy and it rarely makes much sense.
Is history destined to repeat itself? That depends on whether anyone is willing to learn from it. Humans are strange. We speak about ourselves as if we have always existed - and always will.
The play is now being recast. Who you once were, is not who you are now about to be. Shakespeare said, 'all the world's a stage' so it is not surprising that many of us tend to assume that the play, being acted out upon it, must be one of the bard's compositions, too! Certainly amongst the many complex characters he created, there are figures who bear more than a passing resemblance to your good self. Or, at least, to the persona that you have found yourself obliged to adopt in order to carry out a particular role.Which came first? The chicken or the egg? That is hardly a complicated question. There can surely only be one answer, can't there?
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