A LETTER ABOUT BOXES

Dear Uncle TM,
I have never been a real aggressive person. In fact I kind of sit in the background and pretty much go with the flow of things. Frankly, I don’t think, other than writing you, that I have ever thought outside the box. I have never ventured into any situation that I didn’t know exactly what the result was going to be. Uncle TM, I am sick of myself. I am tired of knowing just how many squirts of toothpaste are in each tube, what will happen if you stick your tongue into an electrical outlet or that if you step on a crack you will break your mother’s back. I’m desperate, how can I get out of this box before I go over the edge? Of course, if you don’t think it is a good idea I will stay right here.
Signed,
Wanting To Get Out
Dear Wanting To,
Contrary to some historical accounts, The Boxer Rebellion was not a political uprising in China between 1898 and 1901. The Boxer Rebellion is a repetitive revolt that is made up from a group of people like you who had thought inside the box all of their lives and had been led to believe that this was the only way to have a happy existence. The oppressors in this situation were actually people who thought outside the box but sincerely believed that without people in the box their lives would become the norm and consequently they would be in a new box and thinking like everyone else. As it turns out, they were right and each time enough people revolted and got out of the box a new box was formed around them and they became very uncool. So my advice to you is to stay in the box and just wait for enough people to jump out. Then by default you win!
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