Monday, December 1, 2008

Reaper

Most of us are totally unable to see what is beyond the near and the close. The temporal surrounds us and blinds us. Why is it that we are capable of thinking about the world in such abstract and beautiful ways but we are still unable to do what we really need to do?

I think there was a study done on children and cookies: Children were put in a room and given a single cookie. They were told that if they didn't eat the cookie, after one hour they would be given two cookies. Surprisingly, most of the children ate the single cookie. Those that were able to wait were followed up many years later and were found to be highly successful people (if you define "success" to be fame and fortune).

If you forget everything, but remember this...then you have remembered.

1 comment:

SStudios said...

Delayed gratification. One of the things I'll never forget from my Psych undergrad years.