what if ? let's take the long way home. there is a river with speckled trout and cold stones... sometimes you can see your words in the water. maybe we can find quiet there

what if zorro stopped fencing and took off his mask? said, 'let's talk about this....blah,blah, i feel your pain....etcetera,..thanks for sharing. '.....? ...It would be...BORING nobody wants to watch that. it's not a movie, it's not a story, it's not a plot. for god's sake, it's just talk therapy. well, maybe woody allen can make it into a movie. but the point is, nobody is entertained by other people's yakety yak, with no mask, no sword... so why should we tell each other our deep sad personal histories? what is there besides entertainment?

uh-oh. what would i do if i found out that, by some fluke of your imagination, i was carrying a masterpiece of michaelangelo's? you would have to get a good careful grip on it? and what if i found out i myself was made by a great genius? well, you'd have to treat yourself better--get a new pair of reeboks,etc. ha. to get a grip. oh... are we talking about hazelnut theory? the same. call me nutella. the little nut.

What we know

~~~i know i am a good swimmer, so i will attempt the race.~~~ a dog "knows" she can catch a rabbit, so she goes all out. ~~~~~~~~~~~ what we 'know'-- what we are sure of-- is the foothold, the foundation for all we do.************ what if there are important things we do not "know?"~~~~~~ does the hazelnut 'know' it is created? ~~ that it has come into being through some great principles outside itself? ~~~~`if we humans 'knew' --were sure-- that we were created by some greater agency-- what would we do differently? ~~~~~

What would it be like...to be as small as a hazelnut? Insignificant. You ripen and fall without choice; that is your destiny. Powerless. You fall where the wind puts you Helpless. In time, without your own consent, you will be crushed underfoot, gathered for food, or broken apart to sprout a new hazelnut tree. a source of food ! a seed of new life!