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Not every gift is a Trojan Horse. Truthfully, it’s a rare gift that’s sole purpose of being given is to serve as a container, metaphorical or otherwise, to hide ill intentions.
Here, though, we’re not talking about Trojan Horses. We’re talking about any gift that excites us to the point of losing our good senses. We’re talking about gifts that are nigh-irresistible. You know what I’m talking about… think of them…
Ah, yes… the magnetic pull of the new & improved, the shiny & enticing. We can viscerally feel them tugging at our desires, pulling at our hunger, our lust for the glistening and gleaming.
Gross.
Let's stop it. Just stop it.
Here, though, we’re not talking about Trojan Horses. We’re talking about any gift that excites us to the point of losing our good senses. We’re talking about gifts that are nigh-irresistible. You know what I’m talking about… think of them…
Ah, yes… the magnetic pull of the new & improved, the shiny & enticing. We can viscerally feel them tugging at our desires, pulling at our hunger, our lust for the glistening and gleaming.
Gross.
Let's stop it. Just stop it.
Atreus: Who would reject the flood of fortune’s gifts?
Thyestes: Anyone who has experienced how easily they flow back.”
(Seneca, Thyestes, 536)
Remember, happiness isn’t about getting what we want. It’s about wanting what we’ve got.
The first is all about ego and ourselves. The latter is about right-relationship, and NOT us.
In all this, I keep asking myself: where does Hospitality factor in to all this?
Perhaps, the answer will be found on Moderation’s road?
Our mantra: “No, thank you” as we continue our journey.
(See y’all tomorrow)
The first is all about ego and ourselves. The latter is about right-relationship, and NOT us.
In all this, I keep asking myself: where does Hospitality factor in to all this?
Perhaps, the answer will be found on Moderation’s road?
Our mantra: “No, thank you” as we continue our journey.
(See y’all tomorrow)
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