Journal for 2003 September 16

I love the human mind! I got home from work yesterday, realized that I was sick, and actually got excited. Disease is an opportunity wherein an Other forces one to confront one's own in-itself. The trick, I think, it to learn not to see the disease as an it, but rather as a you. Not, "I have a cold," but "I am sick: it is I that am sick."

Today is my birthday, and I hope to take it easy. Maybe do a little work for iNeed, a little work for Olin. Relax. Maybe go to Lowell. Have some good food. Read some good books. Relax. Have philosophical discussions. Solve world hunger. It'll be nice.

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