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i realized on the walk home from work today that i'm quite happy. my gf loves me, i love her, and there is beauty in all the world.
there's a zen master within all of us, and we feed his enlightenment with the experiences we live through and the words we tell ourselves. i'm grateful for the path i've taken in life, because it let me experience so much more than the average person my age.
i get depressed from time to time: my energy goes away; my desire to move my body wanes; even doing the simplest of tasks seems like a sisyphean effort; and yet, walking home from work this afternoon at 5:37 with a bag of groceries, i looked up in the sky, and i saw grey clouds against a dark blue backdrop. i asked myself, "what am i doing here? does anything matter? why should i spend my time on anything if it doesn't matter?"
the zen master answered, "there is no answer. but isn't it beautiful?"
anons, find beauty in the small things: the veins in browning leaves, glassy water, the way your lightbulb throws shadows across your bedroom. everything is special because it's you. you're the only one to ever experience this moment, and i only hope that you can feel it as fully as i do on days like today.
