This morning, in Dublin, I was conversing with a woman over breakfast. She had the loveliest Irish accent, and she posed me a provocative challenge, which she had apparently heard on a radio show. It seems that your answer to this challenge reveals a lot about what is currently going on in your life. Here is what she said:<\/p>\n
“If you were walking along a road in a forest, and you were to come upon a bear, answer the following two questions: (1) Describe the bear, and (2) When you find yourself faced with the bear, what do you do?”<\/p>\n
My immediate response was “I don’t know. What’s the answer?”<\/p>\n
She would have none of this. “Oh no, you can’t get out of it that easily. You need to answer the questions.” I was so entranced by her lilting Irish accent that I accepted the challenge.<\/p>\n
I thought about it for a bit, and then I gave my response.<\/p>\n
“In answer to the first question,” I said, “it’s a teddy bear. In answer to the second question, I would pick it up and give it as a gift to a child.”<\/p>\n
I was worried that she would think that I had somehow cheated. On the contrary, she was completely delighted by my reply. “It’s clear,” she said, “that you are leading an untroubled life.”<\/p>\n
I was very happy to hear that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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