I don't go around naked, for example. I don't run through red lights. The little things, I can obey.
But the big things—how we think, what we value—those you must choose yourself.
You can't let anyone—or any society determine those for you.
“Take my condition. The things I am supposed to be embarrassed about now—not being able to walk,
not being able to wipe my ass, waking up some mornings wanting to cry—there is nothing innately embarrassing or shaming about them.”
It's the same for women not being thin enough, or men not being rich enough.
It's just what our culture would have you believe. Don't believe it.”
I asked Morrie why he hadn't moved somewhere else when he was younger.
“Where?” I don't know. South America. New Guinea. Someplace not as selfish as America.
“Every society has its own problems,” Morrie said, lifting his eyebrows, the closest he could come to a shrug.
“The way to do it, I think, isn't to run away. You have to work at creating your own culture.
“Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness.
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