aka Obama finally said something that I liked.
“In our household the Bible, the Koran, and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology.”
From Audacity of Hope, talking about his religious upbringing.
I like it cos in my mind Christianity is just as believable as anything we now describe as mythology from the past.
I once heard it said that 1 out of 100 people is a wolf.
Not that they are literally a Canis lupus, or that they have some form of lycanthropy.
Instead the idea is that based around the idea that the other 99 are sheep. Trying their best to blend in, go with the flow and generally be a good, compliant part of the flock.
The wolves are not like this.
Instead they are the outsiders. The ones that fight the system, buck the trend and generally just do their own thing without any consideration for what they are supposed to be doing (unless that consideration is just to provide a template for what not to do).
An interesting part of the idea is that a wolf can no more stop being a wolf than a sheep can stop being a sheep. These core ideals of conformity and rebellion are part of who these people are. It is not something that they chose, or something that they can ever really stop being, it is something that they just are. Even if their life depends on changing they cannot. The wolf in sheep’s clothing is still a wolf, and will still act like a wolf and vice versa.
The sheep will always try to follow the leader.
The wolf will always try to be without a leader.
This is of course the true crux of the concept…. The sheep need the wolf as much as the wolf needs the sheep. Their relationship may be predicated on conflict, but that relationship is essential to the survival of both.
Without the sheep the wolf would have no paradigm to challenge.
Without the wolf the sheep would never have their paradigm changed.
And yes, I consider myself a wolf.
Picture hunted from here
