9.17.25 I recently read "The End" by Borges. In the story a man encounters the stranger who killed his brother 7 years before. In their meeting, he finally has his chance to enact his revenge. They duel, and the stranger is killed. "His righteous task accomplished, he was nobody. More accurately, he became the stranger: he had no further mission on earth, but he had killed a man." I think this story pairs well with this other quote from Borges: “I don't speak of vengeance, nor of forgiving; forgetting is the only revenge and the only forgiveness”. ... 9.15.25 Something I read & liked from: laotzu.xyz/chapter/display?id=8 True goodness is like water Bringing benefit and giving life to the 10,000 things. It doesn’t compete but like the Tao Immediately flows to the lowest place. Everyone else always wants to be first But the wise only want to be last, To live on solid ground, To think deeply, To be gentle and kind, To speak with honesty, To govern with peace and order, To work with skill, To act at only the best time.