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But say, my brothers, what can the child do that even the lion could not do? why must the preying lion still become a child? the child is innocence and forgetting, a new beginning, a sacred 'yes.' for the game of creation, my brothers, a sacred 'yes' is needed: the spirit now wills his own will, and he who had been lost to the world now conquers his own world.

-Friedrich Nietzsche

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But Say, My Brothers, What Can The

Friedrich Nietzsche

But say, my brothers, what can the child do that even the lion could not do? why must the preying lion still become a child? the child is innocence and forgetting, a new beginning, a sacred 'yes.' for the game of creation, my brothers, a sacred 'yes' is needed: the spirit now wills his own will, and he who had been lost to the world now conquers his own world.

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Find a way to say yes to things. say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learning a new language, picking up a new sport. yes is how you get your first job, and your next job, and your spouse, and even your kids. even if it's a bit edgy, a bit out of your comfort zone, saying yes means that you will do something new, meet someone new, and make a difference in your life. yes lets you stand out in a crowd, be the optimist, to stay positive, be the one everyone comes to. yes is what keeps us all young.

The innocence of those who grind the faces of the poor, but refrain from pinching the bottoms of their neighbour's wives! the innocence of ford, the innocence of rockefeller! the nineteenth century was the age of innocence--that sort of innocence. with the result that we're now almost ready to say that a man is seldom more innocently employed than when making love.

The child is innocence and forgetting, a new beginning, a game, a wheel rolling on its own, a prime movement, a sacred yes.

Find a way to say “yes” to things. say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to learning a new language, picking up a new sport. yes is how you get your first job, and your next job. yes is how you find your spouse, and even your kids.

Once we have forgiven, however, we get a new freedom to forget. this time forgetting is a sign of health; it is not a trick to avoid spiritual surgery. we can forget because we have been healed. but even if it is easier to forget after we forgive, we should not make forgetting a test of our forgiving. the test of forgiving lies with healing the lingering pain of the past, not with forgetting the past has ever happened.

I was the lion who forced you to join with aravis. i was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. i was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. i was the lion who gave the horses the new strength of fear for the last mill so that you should reach king lune in time. and i was the lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came to shore where a man sat, wakeful at midnight, to receive you.

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