Environment isn’t everything, but it’s a lot
As a kid, I wondered why no one ever rode around on a zebra. After all, they’re just a type of horse, right?
Well, it turns out that they cannot be tamed. They’re just too ornery and wild. Which, of course, begs the question, Why are they so ornery and wild?
The reason is because they live where lions live. And, over thousands of years, they’ve adapted to dealing with them.
For example, when they kick, they don’t randomly kick like a horse with one leg, instead, they balance on their front legs, aim, and then kick – with both legs.
While I didn’t have the most pleasant childhood here in NYC, it wasn’t all bad. At this age, I think that, overall, it’s been a net positive that I grew up in this particular corner of the world.
It’s made me anti-fragile.
And people don’t really understand why I spend my free time swinging sticks at people or being smashed by sweaty dudes. Suppose I do it to keep me that way.
Zebras don’t look like much. But you can only kill them, capture them, or let them be; they can’t be controlled. They won’t be submitted.
You gotta respect that.
On a different note entirely, I dropped the price of The Men Made of Stone to $0.99 on Amazon for the rest of this week because I’m trying out a few things with them.
If you enjoy my writing here, give it a go!
Location: in rainy NYC
Mood: rainy
Music: didn’t even stopped to see that, that It was breaking me
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