Up and down the Escher staircase

Just because something takes away a symptom does not mean its absence was the cause.

If I drink a bottle of gin, and it takes away my worries, that does not mean that the worries were caused by a lack of gin.

The gin might remove the worry. Or it might remove my ability to spot and articulate it.

Either way, problem solved?

I'm OK now. But are you? How would you know? By how you feel?

Always know which way the river is running. Upstream. Downstream. Which is which?

Clever men with pads and EPOS devices wear nice suits.

Quick is good but only if it is good, too. The merely quick is merely quick.

Once you're surrendered to the process of surrender, you don't care how long it takes.

Stars take a long time to come out.

Take the steps down the staircase, one step at a time, and you'll find yourself at the top.