27/03/2026
Sometimes a person picks a dirty potato from the ground…
wipes it with their hand… looks at it… and suddenly decides:
- “This is an apple.”
Not because it is.
But because they really want it to be an apple.
They imagine the taste — sweet, juicy.
They can almost feel the bite…
the satisfaction.
And they begin to eat.
But the taste is different.
Rough. Raw. Earthy.
And then comes the disappointment:
“Why isn’t this an apple?..”
The person starts explaining it away:
maybe it just needs more time…
maybe it’s a special kind…
maybe if I give it more warmth…
But the truth is simple and quiet:
It’s a potato.
It never promised to be an apple.
It simply is what it is.
And the problem is not in it.
The problem is that sometimes we want an apple so much
that we are willing to call anything an apple.
We add meaning.
We add depth.
We add qualities that were never there.
And then we hurt ourselves against reality.
Not because we were deceived.
But because we were too quick to believe.
And at some point, a calm thought arrives:
- I don’t need to change the potato.
I need to see more clearly.
And then it becomes easier.
Because the choice returns to you.
If you want an apple — choose an apple. Don’t call a potato an apple and learn through pain. /Dr. Zlata Skog/
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