A colleague asked me how I was doing this morning. I think it was really a social reflex on his part. I’m pretty sure he didn’t want me to go into any sort of detail.<\/p>\n
But in the moment, it occurred to me that “how are you doing” comes down, in essence, to a sort of pass \/ fail test. If you are here at all, alive on this planet, then you always have the possibility of doing well.<\/p>\n
I told my colleague about these thoughts. “In essence,” I continued, “we are all trying to pass as long as possible, and to hold off that ultimate moment when we fail.” He agreed completely.<\/p>\n
But then we realized that this is where the language breaks down. When you hear that somebody has passed, it means that they have actually failed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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