From James W.
“I told my seven-year-old daughter to hold her breath and that it was okay because I would be breathing. She looked at me quizzically but complied (she innately understood the absurdity of the proposition). After she could no longer hold her breath, she blew it out and did the obligatory gasping. I asked her why she let out her breath. She yelled at me angrily, “DADDY, YOU CAN’T BREATHE FOR ME. I HAD TO BREATHE OR I WOULD DIE!” I smiled and quietly told her, “Just as breathing is essential to life and can be done only by you for you, so is thinking. Do not ever believe that you can let someone else do your thinking.”
Taken from Charles Hugh Smith blog Of Two Minds Denial, Fear, Anger: The Real Depression Part II (July 21, 2009)
Link: http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjuly09/anger-greed07-09.html
