Student: I can’t get on task.
Master: Be more specific.
Category: Of Grasshoppers
Philosophical discussions between “student” and “master” intended to inspire deep thought.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I can’t make my wife happy.
Master: As I can’t make you happy.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I’m losing hope.
Master: Perhaps you should hold onto something more tangible.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I feel like a bad man.
Master: Are you?
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I don’t want to face today.
Master: It’s going to face you anyway.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I want to feel good.
Master: Practice feeling good.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: My life is living me.
Master: What’s your plan?
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I want to be doing something else.
Master: Try truly enjoying what you are doing and there will be nothing else.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: What do you see in the mirror?
Master: Truth
Of Grasshoppers
Student: If I can just make it around the next bend.
Master: Just take one more step.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I need a miracle.
Master: You need residual, non-labor revenue.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I can’t win
Master: Just play the game.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Lost
Master: Oh yeah!
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Sometimes I can’t focus.
Master: Have another coffee and let’s talk.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I am torn between doing what I need to do and what I want to do.
Master: What I need to do and what I want to do are usually the same thing.
