Frazz by Jef Mallett for January 24, 2016
January 23, 2016
January 25, 2016
Transcript:
FRAZZ BY JEF MALLETT A comfort zone is not a big soft couch you sit upon. It's more a spot defined by lines but not a polygon. It's just one more line. It's impolite. It's teasy and bossy. It sits there saying "Hey, you wuss! Come over here and cross me!" It's scary, but you do and you survive the jump and then another line appears ahead and starts it up again. Well, what's the point if that's the deal? Leave well enough alone. That doesn't sound at all like any kind of comfort zone. Except the lines form anyway so might as well pursue them. Or grab a couple, hold on tight and sit there looking through them. Mrs. Olsen: Except that's not really geometry. Caulfield: Think outside the box...
gammaguy over 8 years ago
Non-Euclidean. Or is it? Euclid was a philosopher.
MS72 over 8 years ago
the lines form a sidewalk, let’s go
ksu71 over 8 years ago
In Euclidean geometry a line is now an undefined term.
Mel-T-Pass Premium Member over 8 years ago
Nice one, Jef(e)!
rekam Premium Member over 8 years ago
Caulfield works harder to get out of learning and actually learns more in the process.
Sheila Hardie over 8 years ago
I kind of hate the idea that one should always be trying to leave their comfort zone. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to be comfortable. Excess can be even worse, as our planet is, sadly, finding out…
sandpiper over 8 years ago
Shakespeare said it very well: Hamlet, Act III, Scene I
To be, or not to be, that is the question:Whether ’tis Nobler in the mind to sufferThe Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles,And by opposing end them.
You can take on the challenges that present themselves and strive to master them or you can let the challenges you pass up define the box you live in.
A comfort zone does not have to be static. It can comprise the mastery of successive challenges.
But, that’s just me, and I am good with it. :)
ebrooks almost 8 years ago
I’m insulted. I didn’t get around to reading this beautiful poem for 5 months because we are expected to read it online. Newspapers still exist!
starclaw over 6 years ago
This is lovely!