The Worst Case Scenario

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best. —Walt Whitman

An Ignorant Proclamation

Ignorance of the true meaning of your life is one thing; to declare then that life has no meaning is another.

The effort to overcome ignorance leads to wisdom; the proclamation of nihilism leads to the concentration camp.

I Was Not Aware of That

It is easy to know what you know; it is hard to be aware of what you do not know.

A Long Shot

Whether we are aware of it or not, most of us take refuge in statistics. To turn and face the truth of our cowardice, weakness, and helplessness is to acknowledge our self-contempt. We prefer the odds that we will never being tested by a difficult fate and that we will never have our shortcomings exposed in public. We thereby maintain the illusion that we are more worthy than we secretly believe.

A Memory Lapse

The ego cannot be fixed; it can only be forgotten.