Now, Scholars Can Be Very Useful And

Now, Scholars Can Be Very Useful And Necessary, In Their Own Dull And Unamusing Way. They Provide A Lot Of Information. It's Just That There Is Something More, And That Something More Is What Life Is Really All About.

There Are Things About Ourselves That We Need To Get Rid Of; There Are Things We Need To Change. But At The Same Time, We Do Not Need To Be Too Desperate, Too Ruthless, Too Combative. Along The Way To Usefulness And Happiness, Many Of Those Things Will Change Themselves, And The Others Can Be Worked On As We Go. The First Thing We Need To Do Is Recognize And Trust Our Own Inner Nature, And Not Lose Sight Of It.

By The Time It Came To The Edge Of The Forest, The Stream Had Grown Up, So That It Was Almost A River, And, Being Grown-up, It Did Not Run And Jump And Sparkle Along As It Used To Do When It Was Younger, But Moved Slowly. For It Knew Now Where It Was Going, And It Said To Itself, There Is No Hurry. We Shall Get There Some Day.

One Sometimes Gets The Impression That Those Intimidating Words Are There To Keep Us From Understanding. That Way, The Scholars Can Appear Superior, And Will Not Likely Be Suspected Of Not Knowing Something.

And When You Try Too Hard, It Doesn't Work. Try Grabbing Something Quickly And Precisely With A Tensed-up Arm; Then Relax And Try It Again. Try Doing Something With A Tense Mind. The Surest Way To Become Tense, Awkward, And Confused Is To Develop A Mind That Tries Too Hard-one That Thinks Too Much.