The english ascension

"Wow", may not be literature, but is the better way to express my experience reading this chapter of Eagleton's book. It's delightful. Difficult, but pleasant.

It made me recall a popular saying that one judges others by oneself. One only perceives values that they already have. And, for one to perceive different values, a revolution, not only social but cultural, must occur. One should revolutionize oneself.

So today, I bring something I wrote for one's delight.

The one and the other

The one saw the other standing there, ready to leave. The one said they were leaving, suggesting they were leaving together. But, when he did, he did it alone. He moved as fast as if the other was following him, as if he was being chased by some criminal. Stalked. The other was right behind him. The other was lost, as was before.

The next day the other looked at the one, puzzled, never really understanding what really happened. Still lost, still fragile, still broken, the other observed the one all day. The one kept his distance as if the other was a maniac, eventually teasing the other and misunderstanding the other's expectations. The other, that once was broken, now, was destroyed.

The other stared at the one and saw goodness, saw himself, so, he could never hurt the one. He judged the one as the other. So, it seems, the one judged the other as himself.

The other said he was leaving, meaning leaving alone. Going to his misery. But, the one was afraid the other would wait and stalk him. But, the other wasn't going to. To avoid the rendevous, the one said to the other: "Sit, here is your chair". The other saw inside the one, he knew the one's plan and played along: he sat and talked to others. When the one thought the other was not looking, he left. The other saw the one leave, stood up and left right behind him, head down, cheap, exposed, blocked. The other still sees goodness in the one and in others: the goodness inside himself.

- Ruiz.


One can only lead the horses to the water...

It's six-thirty in the morning and I haven't slept yet. So, I will shave and go to work. Have a good one.