I have slept and eaten well, and even though I haven’t exercised, I have kept active these past days. I haven’t gone out. I have paid attention to this phenomenon which we are all part of but rarely marvel at. The contemplative character is not a universal trait.
A full being empties itself of all distractions. Anxiety has kept me at bay when it comes to saving. I must focus, that’s the new trick this old dog wants to master. Focus. Not that I’ll forever be in this vegetable state, I won’t settle for the sedentary ways of a monk. I will nonetheless change the way I perceive events taking place in my life by transcending them, filtering these very moments through a different perspective.
Saturday, October 23, 2004
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