bliss

i love the sound of crickets chirping in the summertime nights. and running. and cooking good food and eating it. as someone wise once told me, the world provides adequate resources for happiness. i think maybe that can even be extended, now, to infinite.

we owe so much of our lives to cultivating ourselves, our interests, our character, our loves and strong beliefs. maybe we'll never know "who we are" in a given moment of time, but every day is finding out. you live your way into the answer. i find myself thinking about that quotation more than i do others. perhaps because it resonates the most with what life seems to be offering.

lately i've been having crazy ideas of shaking the boat, changing things, doing one of those finding yourself in the depths of the himalayas while sipping tea with a lama ambles. it has to do with a growing difference i feel in myself. something's changing.

maybe it's hanging out with people who are open and friendly and seek to connect in the world. the people who believe every wall can come down and on the other side is someone interesting, someone who will be friendly, someone who will return your respect for them. i always looked down on that philosophy, on "networking" because of its inherently utilitarian undertones. maybe it's time to throw aside the...hipstercritic attitude.

OPTIMISM. let's see how long this lasts.

i can't wait to go wwoofing. can't wait to feel the impact of consumption, of getting dirty and physical and learning the land and watch it not live up to expectations.