9 December 25
Grocery List Talmud
Before setting out on our weekly grocery shop early this morning, I looked at the back of the grocery list. It turned out this was where Pica had written down the quotation from Pirke Avot that she used a couple weeks ago in her comic art post The Work.
The quote reads “You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.” This seems equally applicable to grocery shopping as it does to charting out one’s life path. There is always one more item.
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