Volume 2 · The Discipline of Hours · Essay 222

Shame Paradox

A paradox is a truth wearing its shirt inside out. Shame Paradox looks wrong until you wear it for a day.

The way out is not to solve it but to carry it. Some loads are meant to be carried, not put down. This paradox is one of them, and the carrying itself builds the muscle.

Think of the student the night before the board exam, and the same student the morning after results. One believes time is an enemy; the other discovers it was only a mirror.

Time is the one currency the Reserve Bank does not print more of. Print it on a card if you like. Better: print it on a habit.