Illustration: Resisting the Spirit of the World

There was a ruler who was looking for a new carriage driver. He had his people search the land and they brought the three most qualified drivers before him. He had them brought to a high cliff with a sharp drop-off. He then proceed to ask them how close to the edge they could get with a carriage drawn by two of the best horses in the kingdom.

The first one said, "I can come within 10 inches of the edge while driving the carriage at high speed."

The second one boasted, "I can come within 5 inches of the edge with the horses at a full gallop and the carriage fully loaded!"

The third one exclaimed, "Are you kidding? I am not going anywhere near the edge of that cliff - especially with horses, a carriage and you in the carriage!"

Guess who got the job?

The idea being, we do not want to see how "close" we can come to the world, we want to avoid it as far as we can.