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[n]othing is as surprising as life. except for writing. except for writing. yes, of course, except for writing, the only consolation.

-Orhan Pamuk

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[n]othing Is As Surprising As Life. Except

Orhan Pamuk

[n]othing is as surprising as life. except for writing. except for writing. yes, of course, except for writing, the only consolation.

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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.

Knock! knock! who's there? me! me who? that's right? what's right? meehoo! that's what i want to know! what's what you want to know? me who? yes, exactly! exactly what? yes, i have exactlywatt on a chain! exactly what on a chain? yes! yes what? no, exactlywatt! that's what i want to know! i told you-exactlywatt! exactly what? yes! yes what? yes it's with me. what's with you? exactlywatt-that's what with me. me who? yes! go away! knock knock...

Jesus has many lovers of his kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of his cross. many desire his consolation, but few desire his tribulation. he finds many comrades in eating and drinking, but he finds few hands who will be with him in his abstinence and fastingbut those who love jesus purely for himself, and not for their own profit or convenience, bless him as heartily in temptation and tribulation and in all other adversities as they do in time of consolation. and if he never sent them consolation, they would still bless and praise him.

For those who need consolation no means of consolation is so effective as the assertion that in their case no consolation is possible: it implies so great a degree of distinction that they at once hold up their heads again.

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.

I think what happens in a religious life is that we have those experiences of affirmation and that one starts to live a christian life or a jewish life or a muslim life or a buddhist life, by affirming that affirmation each day. each day you say 'yes' to that yes. so the life of being a christian for example, is always a life of double affirmation, that you each day say 'yes' to those counter-experiences of saying 'yes', even when you're not experiencing them at that time, you're remaining loyal to that experience.

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