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What is your motto?
If dogma doesn’t make sense, the only rational response is heresy!
I was interviewed for a feature article this week.
Well, it wasn’t exactly an interview, but a list of questions I could choose from and write responses for five and submit back for publication. Since it was my first interview ever, I’ll assume that's how interviews work.
The questions were fluffy such as What motivates you, What are your hobbies, What talent would you most like to have? Plenty of space to write content with an opportunity to make it fun, so I enjoyed the process.
However, one question stood out to me above all others. What is your motto?
What is a motto?
Universities have mottos, usually written in Latin so alumni have the privilege of explaining to anyone who doesn’t speak Latin.
A co-worker once asked if I knew what Lux et Veritas meant, which was the motto of his university so I replied, “It means ‘I am a delicious cheese sandwich’”. He never asked me to translate Latin again and I that consider one of my greater accomplishments in life.
“I am a delicious cheese sandwich”
