notes while reading Carl R. Rogers’s book by the same name
becoming a person is like learning how to properly cook an egg because how you handle the mighty egg says a great deal about your personality including your ability to handle the frailest of things, especially yourself (among other very important matters of finesse)
to become a person using the egg method you must
step 1: have enough positive regard for your egg to pierce his shell gently a yolk once broken is worse than spilled milk they tell me
step 2: if by chance your egg thinks he is a dog or a fish or a wilted old piece of lettuce, teach him how to love his egginess instead using your two spoons swimming in the pan
step 3: stir and season until no remnant of a shell remains
step 4: let your egg know he will always be the eggiest egg there ever was no matter how many different times he is dropped or thrown into hot water by a set of careless hands
step 5: find the nearest mirror and repeat
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15 responses to “On Becoming a Person”
lol cute. sometimes scrambled and sometimes a little over easy
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Haha thanks! Yes…I’m told there are, according to culinary experts, 99 ways to cook an egg. 🙂
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I love this! 🙂 ❤
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Oh, thank you! 😊
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Great, creative thought process! Such a good read 👏
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Thank you so much! A little creative tribute to Rogers 🙂
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Best way to become a person!
So creative!
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Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Very cool. I read that book years ago, but forgot that this was a part of it!
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Thanks! It’s a very enjoyable read so far, and as someone who loves to cook, I just couldn’t help but think of the finesse required to cook an egg. 🙂
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Ugh, I can’t believe you said this. I often think my crappy technique with eggs say something about my character, or at least about the crappy way I learn. Or rather don’t learn. I love eggs, why am I so bad at cracking and flipping them? Still, clever write, I just feel convicted!
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Oh, no! Eggs are, by nature, deceptively difficult to handle. (And, an omelette flip is not my strong suit, either.) They require so much coddling. Egg cooking is all about patience and “feel.” It’s just a matter of practice…lots and lots of practice. Please don’t give up hope yet 🙂
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[…] of experiential learning. Moments like these (and a big one I had one last night while reading Rogers) are humbling. They make me question my methods. To entertain the possibility that there are […]
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Can any old egg volunteer?
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Haha of course 😉
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