In response to my recent post about death, a friend said, “Our ego’s hope for a grandiose legacy isn’t what we’re here to do. It’s to serve our purpose in this continual moving on.”
This reminded me of the word “autotelic” which means “for its own sake.”
My favorite joke:
Two old jewish men are chatting in the shtetl. One says to the other, “Tell me about your business.”
“I buy eggs for a rubble, boil them, and sell them for a rubble.”
“What’s the point? You don’t make any money.”
“I get to be with the eggs.”
Go for the autotelic! Be with the eggs.
The autotelic is our purpose, in the continual moving on.
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