The Remarkable Fools Letter

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The Remarkable Fools Letter
The Remarkable Fools Letter
on human black holes

on human black holes

and turning impossible to I'm possible

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Jim Dalling
Mar 03, 2023
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Have you ever encountered a black hole in human form?

These are those who’ve burnt brightly, then collapsed under the weight of their own egos and expectations.

They exert a power over the universe that bends light.

Come too close to their event horizon and there’s no escaping them.

I’ve attempted to reach out to some over the years. They’re tough nuts to crack. Their enormous power and danger makes them difficult to reach directly.

In fact, escaping a black hole is, logically and rationally, impossible.

When we become black holes, when we reach that state of utter collapse, the only way to transform ourselves is to embrace the irrational.

It’s absurd to think that when we reach that kind of singular pressure filled low that we could ever recover.

If that’s the case, we need to be absurd.

If you ever find yourself spiraling down so deeply that you bend light and people shy away from your event horizon out of a sense of self preservation, the only way out is to irrationally find your spark.

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