Life is a vast and intricate conspiracy guaranteed to keep you well-supplied with blessings. What kind of blessings? A gorgeous physique, perfect marriage, luxurious home, high status, & $10 million? Maybe. But its just as likely that the blessings will be interesting surprises, dizzying adventures, gifts you hardly know what to do with, & conundrums that dare you to get smarter. Novelist William Vollman referred to these types of blessings when he said that the most important and enjoyable thing in life is grappling with a complicated, tricky problem that you dont know how to solve. Sculptor Henry Moore had a similar idea. He said, The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is -- it must be something you cannot possibly do. So in other words, pronoia does not guarantee that you will forevermore be free of all difficult experiences . . . . Read or hear the rest: bit.ly/xE2QXg
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 05:31:22 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015