"When I was young I set out to change the world.
When I grew older I perceived that this was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my state.
This too, I realized as I grew older, was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my town.
When I realized that I could not do even this, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man I know that I should have started by changing myself.
If I had started with myself, maybe then I would have succeeded
in changing my family, the town, or even the state-
and who knows, maybe the world."
(unknown)

July 16, 2017

Things you think

What to think makes a difference. Say, one day you walked in a fish shop and happened to see a fish in a tank. Look. Let's say, it's a zebrafish. As you are looking at it, this fish happens to show some movements or behaviors, for some reasons.

What is this fish doing? The fish swims towards you. And you think, the fish probably sees you are giving food. To others, that fish probably wants to chase you away, because you look bad. Well, perhaps, that fish wants to look closer at your pretty face. Now then the same fish does not come towards you, instead, it stays away. And you think, the fish probably sees you are not giving food (stingy). Some think that the fish probably does not care or is afraid of you. It also seems that the fish is just tired and needs some rest. Oh, poor fish~

There is like a list of things one would think about the action of that fish. Funny. The thing is we don't know how that fish (in the tank) would see things about you. Neither do I know what you would think, after all. Hey, actually, that is a lovely fish~ (just a little fishy)