The apprentice

So I've been thinking alot about an apprentiship application someone submitted to me.

Quite alot.

After all; when a person asks to think like you... the whole question of "what do I have to offer?" seems pretty big.

And how can I offer it?

Its one thing to sit and watch the clouds; offering advice to people hearing about 1 or 2 of their problems and professing to be able to fix their world. This is a multi year companionship with "assignments" and "lessons".

The end product isn't a piece of paper or some belt to mark rank. Its a whole new life; with new friends; a completely different outlook and a shaped personality.

And other than that; the only signs of your accomplishment are lonliness and all the small triumphs that you can't ever discuss.

We'll see what happens, maybe its all a misunderstanding.