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A Boy and His Magnet -rev- by ~powersbridge:iconpowersbridge:



I believe that in life there is good and bad but I would not know up if I did not know down nor left without right.

There was a boy with a strong new magnet. He thought "I am tired of the south on my strong new magnet. North is up and good such associations while South is down and negative associations. I will remove South from my magnet." So he got himself a file and went steady to work on grinding off the South half of the magnet. With the South half gone he tested it but there was still South there. "The South is bigger and stronger than I thought. I will have to work harder." he said to himself. So he did. He would grind and grind then test his magnet again and finding still more South he would grind more. In the end the boy ground away at his magnet in frustration until all that was left was a big pile of magnet filings. The boy looked at the pile and there was North and there was South and the boy no longer had a strong new magnet.

I can not remove South from North but I can choose which direction I face.
©2007-2010 ~powersbridge
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I hope that the category fits well enough. I realize I have changed it little since I put it in my scraps, but I've just thought of little to do to it so I figured I may as well put it here and hope for the best.
I thought of this while I was at work in the fitrst hour or two of the day (literally, sometime between 0000 and 0200).

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:iconbornblitzed:
The essence of Taoism, distilled to 200 words. :above::below:

Is this fable original with you? If not, do you recall where it's from? If so, may I borrow the concept?

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:| I've tried pursuing happiness. Happiness sought a restraining order.
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I am not sure just how to divide it up. I heard a philosopher once in speaking about Eastern philosophy he mentioned that we would not know white without black or up without down and good and evil are likea magnet with North and South. The story of the boy just came to me as I was sitting at work thinking about what it really meant and how to share the real meaning of it with someone. It seemed to me that, like so many other basic truths of life, it can be stated directly but is not so easily understood and this story was the product of me thinking to myself "how would I share this truth with someone else so they can look for the truth of it and find the real meaning of it all". I hope that I am not neglecting credit to someone else if they havfe thought of the same thing but as far as I can figure the thought came out of my own head. Sure, if you would like to use the concept that would great, I would no more restrict someone from using it as I would try to copyright the wind.

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It seems that I know that I am but what I would like to see is the I that knows me when I know that I know that I am.
:iconbornblitzed:
I see. And thank you. :)

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:| I've tried pursuing happiness. Happiness sought a restraining order.
:iconcrimsonmadbomber:
That is seriously cool! I love the last line! Excellent job!

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98% of Deviants don't know the difference between "your" and "you're." If you're one of the 2% that wants to punch 'em, put this in your sig.
I have Hiei on a leash at ~bishie-stalker-club
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^_^ thank you very much, I appreciate the positive feedback and I'm glad that it was enjoyed.

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It seems that I know that I am but what I would like to see is the I that knows me when I know that I know that I am.
:iconcrimsonmadbomber:
You're very welcome.

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98% of Deviants don't know the difference between "your" and "you're." If you're one of the 2% that wants to punch 'em, put this in your sig.
I have Hiei on a leash at ~bishie-stalker-club

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