The Consensus

An "As Told To" Middle Eastern Report by Victor Lembrey



The two tallest people in our village got married because... why not? And it worked! They didn't know anything about each other, had little in common besides their stature, yet somehow it worked. Everyone tried to find a lesson in their success. Ahmed concluded "all tall people get along," so we smacked him and told him to stop talking.

Many relationships in our village fall apart. There's much bickering and name-calling. Shilpa hit Sreedhar with a colossal avocado. The Permallas live in the same room and haven't spoken to each other in over 50 years. We realize things are not much different elsewhere.

We believe if you have a situation, any situation, and you make the best of it, then... things go fairly well. We believe if your happiness depends on actual happiness, you'll never be happy. How can you be happy trying to be happy?