An exercise in futility should not be mistaken for the definition of stupidity. The former is a humbling experience. Yes, you are going to mop the floor and someone is going to walk on it. Or you are going to buy a cheap, plastic greenhouse and watch the circle of life play out in less than a month. We wash clothes that become dirty, pull weeds that will come back. We know the mark we are making is slight, but it is our mark, so rejoice.
The definition of stupidity is a cliche that I didn't hear until I was almost forty years old. This prideful thing is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome. "By golly, I am going to get what I want and this is the way I am doing it because I thought of it and it will work!"
So, we say our hackneyed scripts, pull out our pocket calculators, ignore--no--disregard history, so that our will be done. Our pride blinds us to the fact that our will will never be done thus. Over and over again, like Sisyphus who thought he was more clever than Zeus. He's the guy that has been pushing a boulder up a hill for the past eternity and then some.
The definition of stupidity is a cliche that I didn't hear until I was almost forty years old. This prideful thing is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome. "By golly, I am going to get what I want and this is the way I am doing it because I thought of it and it will work!"
So, we say our hackneyed scripts, pull out our pocket calculators, ignore--no--disregard history, so that our will be done. Our pride blinds us to the fact that our will will never be done thus. Over and over again, like Sisyphus who thought he was more clever than Zeus. He's the guy that has been pushing a boulder up a hill for the past eternity and then some.