Aristotle

I often speak of simplifying things when I write.  I like the idea of happily ever afters and minimalist solutions.

Unfortunately life is generally not so basic.  There are highs and lows and a million places in between.  Slice into an onion and the tears begin to flow as all those layers start to make themselves known.

Each one butts up against another as they curl round and round to form that sphere I call an onion.  One cut shakes the whole thing up, the juice seeps out, the aroma wafts up, the slices fall apart and it would seem that chaos rules.

Yet out of that chaos comes a flavor that vastly improves everything from spaghetti to omelets.  It is worth the trouble, but that doesn't mean I have to go around slicing into onions all the time, just because I can.

Aristotle said, "What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do."  That is worth thinking about.  It is a very powerful choice to have.