Month: April 2014

The only way to make sure that you get the last laugh is to be willing to laugh at yourself—and to be easily amused.

What funny story do you tell about yourself?

The tree is gone, and hardly anything remains of even its stump. But the green moss has grown through the winter, and the tiniest of leaves are nourished by what the tree has left behind.

What is the smallest piece of hope that you carry?

Facing the challenges of life requires courage and persistence and skill. But sometimes the best strategy is just to give it a rest for a while and wait for things to pass.

What is your favorite way to procrastinate or relax?

Scientists are coming to believe that our universe—the sum total of everything—is only one of many universes. Possibility, it seems, is not just infinite, but a multitude of infinities.

Within the infinities of possibilities, what good thing have you chosen today?

Hooray for the all the fools—for all the people who laugh easily, behave oddly, dance to music that only they can hear. Hooray for the people who see things differently, desire what others don’t want, risk for the sake of what is precious only to them. On this, their special day, may they be blessed.

What will you do today that embodies the spirit of the Fool?