Chapter II

The fairy appeared, and said:

"Four of the gifts remain. Choose once more; and oh, remember-- time is flying, and only one of them is precious."

The man considered long, then chose Love; and did not mark the tears that rose in the fairy's eyes.

After many, many years the man sat by a coffin, in an empty home. And he communed with himself, saying: "One by one they have gone away and left me; and now she lies here, the dearest and the last. Desolation after desolation has... read more

1. This is it!

2. There are no hidden meanings.

3. You can't get there from here, and besides there's no place else to go.

4. Nothing lasts!

5. There is no way of getting all you want.

6. You can't have anything unless you let go of it.

7. You only get to keep what you give away.

8. There is no particular reason why you lost out on some things.

9. The world is not necessarily just. Being good often does not pay off and there is no compensation for misfortune.

10. Y... read more