the guru said, “the people have asked for a #zenmas story, so i must give it to them.”
the tortoise said, “isn’t that pandering?”
“no,” the guru replied, “pandering is when you do something because people asked you to do it.”
“and how is that different from what you’re doing?”
“oh,” the guru replied. after a few moments, he added, “well, it just is.”
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