Every starfish matters

I don't know if this blog is by a student, but I am very jealous indeed of how, in its own effortless OTT way, it is so beautiful, sad and sharp.

An excerpt:

"Cynical Teacher: My young student, these are games only, and games are for kids. Look at the unadulterated passion of the child running, and the effort he exerts in the gym or training in the hot sun, look at all the tears he sheds when victory is snatched from him, observe how all his world is concentrated, funnelled into this one-moment-in-time when he is more-than-he-thought-he-could-be - look at it all and say with me: "meaningless, meaningless, all is meaningless!" Say with me again, chorusing: "vanity, vanity, all is vanity." Those in the back row, join with me and loudly now: "All this is but a chasing after the wind!"

True Heart Student: How can you think like that? Every starfish matters! Every single one of them! All their strivings and their strengths are trained towards a purity of purpose, a single-mindedness and tenacity of spirit! Heed the call of their dedication! See them rise above themselves to reach for things in their imagination! In this surely there is dignity! "