Profiteers and pornographers

Where am I headed if I’m excellent with money but lousy with myself? Profiteering, almost certainly. Pornography, possibly. Do-gooding, maybe.

The nascent feminine

Competition won’t give up without a fight. But beneath the howling and fouling, a new spirit of collaboration has been germinating.  Anouchka Grose: “Co-operative grassroots resilience is surely the best, kindest and most interesting future we can plan for.”

Quiet eyes

The true man does not compete, has no ambition. His eyes are quiet.

RIP

It will not be missed when it finally expires, the insane idea that I cannot pull ahead unless someone else falls behind, that in order for me to win, someone has to lose.

A colosseum kind of love

The more vainglorious he is, the harder he competes. The harder he competes, the more he attacks, the yellower his eye. How is it that we condemn the man but endorse competition? When did the Christ condescend to compete?