3.
So where does that leave passion, then; where spontaneity? Just try to
apply any of those well-known "go-with-the-flow"
&
"he-who–
hesitates-
is-lost" theories to almost anything in the real, practical world
much larger than purchasing a gumdrop
At a fire sale - to buying a pretty coat made out of flimsy material,
for example, investing in a book on the basis of its clever cover,
or buying a stock because it once slipped sideways into a fast–
talking
broker's conversation, or a house to live in because it's
Only a stone's throw from a delicatessen which sells fresh herrings or
where
you noticed that the salesgirl wears exceptionally outre earrings
&
where, in most practical things, will you find yourself? Stuck
with
A long-term fardel on the basis of a whim, probably; while somebody
else
who took a moment to think about what they were doing is feeling
calmly, about the large things in life;
&
sitting really pretty, with
just the things they really want! Why,
The nature of things as they are in the world of actual significances,
the world of hard facts as opposed to the world that's always
whooping it up about how "everything is relative," could actually
turn you away from
Doing Something Rash if you thought about it - maybe even making
you think
twice about, say, hiring a guru to make you feel at one with every–
thing, during a weekend at the Catskills or the mountains nearby
Monterey; even making one think twice about, say, committing
large
quantities of time to reading the mountain
Of vague
&
crappy poetry that's around mixed in with the good stuff
&
that
