Volume 2 · The Discipline of Hours · Essay 273

Tolerance Paradox

The Tolerance paradox does not want to confuse you. It wants to show you that your first answer was too easy.

The paradox resolves when you notice the two truths operate at different levels. What is lost at the counter is gained at the treasury. What feels like failure in the week is often progress in the year.

Every January, the gym fills; by March, the regulars have the place to themselves again. The calendar changed nothing. The people who stayed simply stopped asking the calendar for permission.

Time is the one currency the Reserve Bank does not print more of. Keep the name. Use the pause it gives you. That is the entire homework.