Allegory

I think this Hamster Story puts some perspective on Self-improvement. It's pretty funny too.

The author sent it to me because, as he said, I am "a thinking man".
Yes, I guess I am. But more and more it looks to be that being a "thinking man" is like being The World's Fastest Rock.

Sartre and freedom

Whatever the circle of hell in which we live, I think we are free to break out of it. And if people do not break out, they stay there of their own free will. 

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Where magic happens