Soybeans Fall, Grains Mixed

That one needs a visual. From today's New York Times.

I overheard a person this morning in my office speaking to another, "...Just let go of caring..." he said. There is a lot of frustration with working in some groups here. On hearing this, I flashed on two aspects of the comment: the common, cynical advice for giving-up one's dedication to "careful" but unrewarded work; and, the ideas I've been studying and practicing regarding attachment/detachment.

Because he used those words, "just let go of", I thought: "follow the instructions out the window" rather than to do sloppy work. But I've heard this type of remark so many times in my working life where it meant, "Nobody cares, why should you?" that it made a weird association for me -- both aspects in mind at once.