*image by Ben Harubin

The Quiz Master asked the crowd,
"What is man's biggest hobby?"
"Thinking," they replied.
"And of what benefit are hobbies?" he asked.
And they yelled back, "Get real!"

After they were apparently involved in yet another faux pas, one of those in
question said to the others by way of attempted consolation, "Well, there's
enough blame to go around."

Yet one of those so hearing thought to himself, "Maybe, but especially
irrelevant in that there is always a sufficient amount of the imaginary to
meet all needs."

A duck once mused, "How felicitous it be that there are an endless number
of lakes to explore -- even if they are imaginary."

And before you sneer and miss the insight within the quacker's comment,
consider the fact that the number of real water holes is certain, and thus
fresh visits thereto inescapably finite.

(And while in this area, you could ask yourself what is the similarity
between a man-who-knows and a duck. And the answer being that a knower and
a duck are about the same thing...if the duck is dead.)

And speaking of botany, I'm sure you recall that race of ferns on one world
who possessed a unique talent, which (true to its modifier) resulted in a
singular phenomenon which increased the ease with which they lived.
And oh yeah, I'll bet that a few of you also remember the legend which said
that some of the plants (in spite of the circumstances just noted) would
struggle to squelch said aptitude.

(I surmise that is why we, homo thinking sapiens, rule this planet and not
some bunch of weeds.)

One man who finally saw through what is going on wrote a book he entitled
"How To Save A Bundle!" which consisted of but a single page containing only
four words: "Don't waste your time."

A boy asked his father, "What then can I waste?"
"Ignorance," he replied, "in a drive-by realization."

Thought, creating in man the sensation of a "self," is surely the ultimate
example of the mind making more of life than is physically there.

(By the ole way-o, if you still don't really understand that "physically"
and "actually" are the same thing, then you're not really trying very hard
to become a "knower.")