The Remarkable Fool's Three Answers
A reply to yesterday
Who am I?
I’m Jim. I’m an incomplete, flawed, flailing, hurt human who is obsessed with jokes and how humour ‘works’. In public, I joke almost non stop. It’s neither a compulsion nor deflection - my consistent joking. It does speak to why I’m here. I’m at times neurotic and paranoid. I’m like a non perverted Woody Allen with a Nova Scotian accent and a knack for comparing myself with some pretty deplorable people
Why am I here?
I’m here to be super human. Not like a super hero. But really human. Like super. Insofar as I’m here to embrace, expose and explode as many of my flaws as I can so that I can laugh at myself. I’m here to encourage you to find liberty by doing the same.
What do I want?
Right now?
It’s late in the day.
I’m tired.
I want to go home and eat a hamburger.
Please be advised:
This ‘what do I want thing’ is subject to change without notice.
It’s likely similar for you too.
This is where we get into trouble in relationships.
If any of your answers to any of these three questions becomes too fixed, stuck or frozen, or if you expect these three answers to be fixed, consistent or repeatable for your loved ones, watch out.
Keep asking the questions in the present:
Right here. Right meow.
As your present, given circumstances change, how do your answers to these questions change?
Faster than I can think.