I saw a lizard on my way back from lunch. It had a crooked tail which seemed to speak of a near miss. It brought to mind the question, what are you willing to lose to keep what you do not want to give up?
Life is a balancing act in the best of times, and a scrabble for survival in the worst. Many in our society live on the edge of real disaster on a daily basis, and must choose the loss of a tail far more often than those who inhabit my daily life. We are the lucky ones, although we often forget it. And even those of us fortunate enough to live without physical danger or other crushing burdens may have to choose between the job we want to keep and a moral dilemma; the one we want to love and the one who will love us; being lonely or compromising.
So the question is, how long is your tail today?
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