Diary (January 11, 2022)

Online diary of Karl Jones for Tuesday January 11, 2022.

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Three

Context: "Why is it always just 3 wishes?"

Three is the first mystical number.

Primitive people understood one: the self.

They understood two: the other.

They understood life in pairs: male and female.

Three is the smallest number transcending this ideology.

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