Stop Being A Fool

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Bruce Lee

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
William Shakespeare

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky.
Monica Lewinsky

You shouldn't feel stupid for being a fool. The Fool. The Fool is symbolic of oursleves on life's journey. The person in search of experience.

A Fool is smart but frequently lacks disciplined reason. On a positive note The Fool personifies our childlike curiosity.

The uncertainty and risks of life's journey are often symbolised by the Fool depicted as about to step off a cliff.

People have been fooled for thousands of years. Greek philosopher Plato knew this and came up with a story which is called the Allegory of the Cave to explain how it happens.

In a nutshell he tells of a a group of people who live in cave with their backs to the entrance and a fire between them and entrance casts shadows on the wall they are looking at.

The shadows are their reality but of course they are merely representations. When one of them goes outside the cave he sees reality but has a tough job to convince his friends that what he has seen is real.

The full story is here: Allegroy of the Cave

Carl Jung identified The Trickster as one his four basic archetypes or universal forms that are basic templates of the way life is organised.

Almost every culture has their 'trickster', that mischevious spirit who befuddles and confounds the mortal world.

Examples in Western culture include Loki and Puck the character in Midsummer Night's Dream. Native Americans regard the Coyote as the trickster and the wily fox is also seen in this way too.