Foolish relationships

On Oaths, perspective and making mistakes

I’ve been adding fools a bunch lately.

Some have even become certified.

Part of the process of becoming a certified remarkable fool requires new fools to speak aloud The Ancient and Super Wise Oath of The Remarkable Fools Society.

Here’s the oath, read it aloud:

The perfectly imperfect, incomplete and limited fool that is me laughs at myself. I also recognize, celebrate and laugh at the perfectly imperfect, incomplete and limited fool that is you.

Omnes puppibus - everybody poops

The first thing to notice is how clunky this passage is.

Did you struggle? Screw up? Feel a bit foolish?

Hope so. This was designed with awkwardness in mind. It isn’t meant to flow well. Everyone seems to screw up when saying it. Perfect. It brings out imperfection.

The next part? The oath is relational. It’s meant to be spoken to someone else.

This is super important.

And it happened by mistake. I had no intention of creating an oath that had an implied relational aspect. And this has two.

The first, when it comes to…