In case you, just like me, are shocked and disappointed by what’s happening around the world, here are some of my philosophical musings, not on politics, but on gambling.
Now… before making any assumptions, this post is inspired by Dostoevsky’s The Gambler which I’ve finished reading.
You know what?
A popular Arabic saying goes: Take the wisdom from the mouths of the insane.
You may wonder how.
Wisdom and insanity do not match, together they make no sense.
You’re right.
But… who says that the insane are wise, or that wisdom can be taught to the insane?
It’s not about knowledge or experience.
It’s about special gifts.
It’s an advice not to belittle anyone’s abilities, even if they were insane.
Back to the Gambler: the book was clearly written by a gambler with a warning as bright as sunlight in a clear sky. It seems to shout: avoid gambling, never try it, and flee from it.
Isn’t the gambler just another insane person born with a functioning brain, yet destroying it for the sake of gambling obsession?
The story echoes that old saying, with a bit of alteration.
It seems to urge readers; take the wisdom, and learn the lesson from the gambler’s tale.
But not every insane is gifted,
and not every gambler is repentant either.
With sound thoughts,
Nahla
Pure and Simple 