the fool in the land of mirrors
There was and there was not a a fool. Don't get me wrong, they were not the kind of fool, which in common language might be used to make a person feel bad. They were mainly naive. They often did not think about why they chose to do certain things. Like carrying a sleeping person - a heavy unconscious body - up a hill. The fool thought they were doing a grand, heroic thing. That it was not the sleeping person's fault that they chose to sleep over knowing. Or willing to know. Where there is a will there is a way - thought the fool, but not with regards to anyone else but themselves. How self-involved the fool was! To think that one can carry another into willingness to act. Meanwhile, the sleeping body dreamt of a powerful horse with wings. But the powerful horse was trying to wake them up to tell them that the kind of power they wished for is already here. Wake up. Take responsibility for yourself - says the cup. Stand up and let the sleeping person go, your ba...