Success

Christmas is a period of 2 weeks, made of parents and family, long dinners and loads of words. In the interstices I read a book Melina gave me (*).

Bas Haring: Voor-een-echt-succesvol-leven (read: For a truly successful life). The thesis is etymological: succeeding means: that has a succession, and according to the philosopher there are concepts that are "built" to stay on for a long period, and others which are destined to estinguish. For instance, the idea "it is important to communicate your ideas to others" has more chance of surviving then it's opposite. People that believe that communication is not important do not communicate their ideas, including the idea "it is NOT important to communicate". The ones who believe in communication, have more chances that their beliefs are spread around, including their faith in communication. But they also break their heads in finding something intersting to say, spend energy looking for their audience, fill internet pages with words; to succeed is to make sure it continues after you! The philosopher argues that the only one that gets advantage of success is the idea of success. The "hero", who sacrifices himself for it has a miserable life.
Therefore, during these holidays, I did not want to succeed any more - actually better, I decided to be like Louis XIV: Aprés moi, le rien. All my deeds of the last two weeks have contributed to nothing, have added nothing, won't last even in my own memory.




(*) Thank you Melina