Alter Ego

Theodore Roosevelt laughing
“Well,” Mr. Cheeseman interjected. “Perhaps there’s an easy solution to this. Maybe Captain Fabulous has an alter ego.”
“What’s an alter ego?” asked Gerard.
“It’s a superhero’s true but secret identity,” said Chip. “You know, the way that Superman is really Clark Kent.”
“Superman is really Clark Kent?”
“It’s pretty obvious,” said Penny. “To everyone but you and Lois Lane.”
“Okay,” Gerard conceded. “Captain Fabulous’s alter ego will be…Teddy Roosevelt.”

from A Whole Nother Story by Dr. Cuthbert Soup

Problematic Pets

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I made myself a snowball
As perfect as can be.
I thought I’d keep it as a pet,
And let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas
And a pillow for its head.
Then last night it ran away,
But first – it wet the bed.
Shel Silverstein

When To Let Go

Gandhi spinning
As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, you should keep it.  If you were to give it up in a mood of self-sacrifice or out of a stern sense of duty, you would continue to want it back, and that unsatisfied want would make trouble for you.  Only give up a thing when you want some other condition so much that the thing no longer has any attraction for you, or when it seems to interfere with that which is more greatly desired.
M.K. Gandhi