Student: COFFEE!
Master: Procrastinator!
Category: Of Grasshoppers
Philosophical discussions between “student” and “master” intended to inspire deep thought.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I feel terribly beat up.
Master: Those who take up the fight, feel the punches.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Why do they not help me?
Master: They are helping themselves.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I’m making myself ill.
Master: Well that won’t help!
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I prove myself by taking the hard path.
Master: The easy path does not imply the lazy path. It does ensure greater opportunity for success.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Destiny?
Master: Puppet show.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: The walls are closing in!
Master: Get rid of some stuff!
Of Grasshoppers
Student: What’s that under my butt?!
Master: I call it fire.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: What to do when someone else’s problem becomes yours?
Master: Own it! Embrace it! And maybe you can solve two people’s problems at once.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I’ve forgotten.
Master: What?
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Patience being tried!
Master: Perhaps you should exercise more.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I am so capable.
Master: A stone at the top of a hill is capable but does nothing until pushed.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Being a father is a guaranteed way to regularly feel like a cad.
Master: Being a father is a guaranteed way to regularly feel like a superhero.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Words.
Master: Sharper than knives.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I will not be overwhelmed!
Master: One cannot accomplish a single task when thinking about all other tasks.
