To study a belief, record its wording, where it was heard, and any source named with it. Then examine how people respond to it. Origin, meaning, and consequence may become clearer at different times. An unresolved question can remain open while inquiry continues.

A useful map should help you leave it behind. Once the route becomes clear, fold the paper and walk. If a system keeps demanding attention after it has served its purpose, it may be preserving itself rather than helping its user.

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once." — Julius Caesar

Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen - 1984


I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do ya?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Your faith was strong, but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne and cut your hair
And from your lips, she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." - Alice in Wonderland

"I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then..." - Alice in Wonderland