PLEASE tell me the two fish story
i would love nothing more than to do that. I will not be putting a readmore on this because I want my followers to suffer.
Okay SO. There is a middle-aged businessman. He is wealthy, he's married with a lovely wife and two kids, he's got a stable job at his business company, and he's overall satisfied. But he's not happy. He doesn't experience the high highs and low lows of life anymore. He needs to find meaning. He's heard tales of an old wise man on top of a mountain who dispenses wisdom, and he is confident that if he travels up the mountain and finds this old man, he will be given life-changing advice that will help him find a meaning for his existence.
He begins to train for this arduous mountain hike. He starts with small hills. He climbs up the hill and down the hill. He soon graduates to large hills. He climbs up the hill and down the hill. Eventually, he tackles the local mountains. He climbs up the mountains and down the mountains. He's starting to get in shape. He's got calf muscles now, and knows how to survive on a mountain and how to carry a tent and a backpack. Finally, after a year of training, climbing up hills and down hills and up mountains and down mountains, he's ready. He packs up his belongings, putting only a few changes of clothing into a hiking backpack along with his tent, and he kisses his wife and children goodbye, and he embarks to the mountain where the wise old man lives.
He boards his plane and flies across the world to the mountain where the wise old man lives. It's a rocky flight, and despite all his training climbing mountains he's not very good with airsickness. He spends the entire 26 hour flight holding a barf bag and making the people sitting next to him uncomfortable. Every time he starts to regret his decision, he looks at his hiking backpack (it was his carry-on, it's under his seat), and thinks of the peace and joy he's going to find once he's acquired wisdom from the old man on the mountain. Eventually, 26 hours later, the plane lands, and he shakily wobbles off the tarmac onto solid ground. He spends the night in a nearby hotel, getting ready to set off on his big adventure the next morning.
The next morning arrives, and he packs up his trusty hiking backpack and sets off. He meets up with a group of fellow hikers at the bottom of the mountain, but most of them are just going to base camp. He's the only hiker who's aiming to get to the top of the mountain and hear wisdom from the old guy. Everyone else is just there for scenery. The group begins their hike. It's a hard hike. As much as our businessman thought he was prepared after a year of climbing, this mountain is much harder than any of his local mountains. He's tripping over rocks and sliding on ice and stepping in mud and falling in lakes. He's tired and dirty and starts to wish he hadn't come. But he looks at his hiking backpack, and it reminds him of the family he left behind and the wisdom he's seeking, and he knows he has to carry on.
The hiking group arrives at base camp. Everyone sets up their tents for the night, and the rest of the hiking group prepares to enjoy a nice stay at base camp. The businessman, however, knows that he won't be here for long. He's got to prepare for the long trek ahead of him. He unpacks his tent, pulls out his sleeping back, rests his head on his hiking backpack, and goes to bed, ready for tomorrow's hike and the wisdom that is forthcoming.
The next morning he wakes up, packs up his tent and sleeping bag, and waves goodbye to the rest of the hiking group. He's going to continue up the mountain and get to meet the wise man on top of the mountain, no matter what happens. He has to complete this journey. With his beloved hiking backpack slung over his shoulders, he continues up the mountain.
Yesterday's hike was the hardest hike he'd every done. But today's was twelve times harder. Without his hiking companions to cheer him on, he feels empty and hopeless. His legs go numb. He's stumbling over each rock in front of him, tired and empty. He's barely able to keep going. At one point, he ends up crawling on his hands and knees because his feet are so exhausted. But every time he thinks about giving up or taking a break, he feels the straps of his hiking backpack digging into his shoulders, and they remind him of his goal and the wisdom he is searching.
After twelve hours of the hardest hiking he's ever done in his life (disclaimer: do not try this at home i think it would kill you. businessman is a fictional character with stamina far beyond yours or mine), the businessman finally reaches the top of the mountain. At the very peak, he sees the wise old man he's been searching for all this time. He cries out, a cry of success and triumph. Finally! Finally! His quest will pay off! He will gain wisdom! He will learn how to bring joy and meaning back into his life!
The old wise man sees him struggling up the mountain summit and rushes over to give him a hand. The old man helps the businessman stumble to a nearby rock, and goes to prepare him a warm drink of hot chocolate as his reward for climbing such a difficult mountain. The businessman relaxes onto the rock and places his hiking backpack behind him. When the old man returns with the hot chocolate, he asks the businessman what he is searching for.
"Oh, old wise man of the mountain! It is you that I am searching for, you and your wisdom. My life has all the hallmarks of happiness. I am wealthy and well-employed and loved by my wife and children. Yet I am dissatisfied. I cannot find meaning in my life anymore. I haven't felt true joy in years. Oh wise man, please tell me how I can learn to find meaning. I've trained for a year to make this climb, and I already feel wiser for being in your presence."
The old wise man nods, and sinks into deep contemplation. He sits on a rock for ten minutes in silence, clearly thinking deeply. Eventually, he coughs once and begins to speak.
"Sir. I commend you for your journey and the effort you expended to reach me. Truly, you have shown a strong spirit and a great will. Unfortunately, I retired from the wisdom-giving sector years ago. Now I sell essential oils as a way to clear your mind and better your health. Can I interest you in a purchase of 100 essential oils to sell and distribute to your friends and family?"
The businessman is in shock. He can hardly believe what he just heard! After all his training and all his suffering and all his hope, he was to be thwarted by a multi-level marketing scheme pitch that he could have heard from his next-door neighbor back in his hometown. At this realization, grief overwhelms him and he begins to sob. He knows he can't stay a moment longer at the top of this forsaken mountain with this old man who won't give him wisdom. He jumps off of the rock, and, sobbing wildly, starts to run down the mountain. In his haste to escape, he leaves his dear hiking backpack behind.
After an hour or so of running wildly down the mountain, the man slows, and realizes how hopeless and dejected he is. No wisdom! No life-changing advice! And eventually, he looks around and feels a lack of weight on his shoulders. No hiking backpack!!! By this point, the businessman can't even cry anymore. He just sinks into the dirt, hopeless, dejected, rejected, empty hearted. As he stares at the ground, empty and pitiful, his eyes land on a small lake in the distance, a little further down the mountain.
As he gazes at the lake, he sees something moving within it. No, two somethings. He stares a little while longer, trying to figure out what it is. His focus on this moving dots begins to lift his depression, and he feels invigorated to find out what they are. With this motivation in mind, he picks himself up and slowly stumbles closer to the lake. As he gets closer, he realizes what the two dots are. There are two fish, and the first fish is swimming faster than the second. As they swim along, the first fish isn't looking where it's going, and it slams directly into a wall. The second fish says "dam".
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A Dead Poet's Cry
I saw this girl the other day
And it felt like I had seen her before
As if I'd known her somewhere in some way
She smiled when she saw me
And I knew that's what she did for everyone
That was the thing about her,
She loved smiles; it reminded her of battles won
But there was something wrong
She knew I could see it too
So she wore that smile further
But just for a moment there, it faltered
And just for a moment then, I could see through
I saw it all in front of me then; laid bare
How far she'd loved and how bad shed lost
How much she'd had to suffer, when all she'd done was care
I felt broken then, as if I were the one who'd been betrayed
I felt hurt on her behalf
I couldn't understand who would do this to someone
Who didn't deserve to cry, but to laugh
I felt angered ar that someone
And I think I knew who
And I wanted to hold her, and tell her
'don't leave, I still love you'
Something told me that's what she wanted to hear too
Just once, not for me or anyone else, but for THAT person to care
To whisper, 'don't worry, I'm not going anywhere'
I reached out; to be that person for her, i tried
But the closer I got, the worse, for the loss, she cried
They say she wears her grief well
Or is it the other way around?
Cause that's what they'd taught her to do
To bear it all, and yet, not make a sound
She assured me; 'its fine' she said
Even though it was clearly not
My heart hurt to see her
Waiting for someone who'd succumbed her to this rot
And I wondered if that's what love was
I'd never believed in it; now I detested it even more so
Because it has killed her alive
And even still refused to let her let go
I pleaded her to forget; to somehow just live
But she just shook her head sadly
And I knew there was nothing left in her to give
I saw it slipping
Her facade giving away
And I saw what once was beautiful
Fading with people who didn't stay
What justice is this, I asked
I wondered why she so stubbornly held on
There came that smile again, full of pain and loss,
And something told me, she's never accept they're gone
Her eyes dimmed then
And her smile finally dropped
Tears rushed to fill her eyes to the brim
And my heart just stopped
And she stared back at me
The girl behind the glass
Her hope had been the end of her
Her innocence, her love, her smile, now gone
Lost somewhere in the blur
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