Geno Zanetti

A cheesily packaged but surprisingly well curated collection of stories and shorts. Hardly any clunkers! And who knew I'd like this passage from some obscure self-help book as much as I do:

"The strategy, 'Fake it till you make it' is a way of lying consciously. This means that we know we are faking it; we know we are wearing a mask, and we give ourselves permission to do so without self-judgment, without justification, without making any excuses. 'Fake it till you make it' means we are acting; we are 'doing' a thing without literally 'being' it. For example, the Tribal Shaman might put on a buffalo mask and buffalo skin and intentionally act like a buffalo, until they really do feel like a buffalo. On a more mundane level, when we act polite, we are acting out the 'form' of love without necessarily feeling genuine love. However, if this is done with total recognition (no condemnation or justification), we are performing a powerful shamanic practice; and soon we begin to feel genuine love. That which was fake becomes real."

DAMN! And I'm not sure I even agree with that! A great combination of authors known and unknown and a lot of different themes within one trope.… (more)