Today I invite you to ponder with golden eggs, as many have searched and are indulging in chocolate eggs across the globe, despite cocoa shortage due to climate crisis affecting production and the exploitative labour abuses due to Western demand. I share with you The Goose Adapted from Italian fairytale collector Giambattista Basile’s (1634) La papera published in Zipes, J. (Ed.) (2001). The great fairy tradition from Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm (pp. 678-680). W.W. Norton & Company.

Then ponder –

What are the possibilities of wealth coming your way that harms none?

What has a grip on your arse like a goose?

What obstacles in your life can become assets?

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