There's an old story about a philosophy professor who asked his class to write a mid-term paper simply titled, "Why?" He gave them one day in which to complete assignment.
The next day, all the students eagerly came to class and laid their completed assignments on the professor's desk and took their seats. Without saying a word, the professor took the stack of mid-terms and began handing them back to each student after writing a grade at the top of each paper. Most of the students were quite perplexed to see that they had a received an "F"...save for two. One student received a "C", and one student received an "A". All of the "F" papers were one page to five pages in length. Long dissertations quoting everyone from Plato to Bob Dylan. The "C" paper had only two words typed on it" "Why not?". The "A" paper, one word: "Because".
At times, we all tend to make things more complicated than they actually are. Sometimes things just happen. They may not always have reason. That's what I think anyway.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
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