Safeplace

(09 March 2010)

I saw geese flying in a crooked V through the sunny, cloud-striped sky this evening. Watching them soar over the Brownstones toward their winter safeplace, I thought how I envied them. Their lives are so simple, so barren, so dependent on so few things.

Many say that we, us humans, are blessed with rationality and a more developed society. I am begging to differ—such rationality and possibilities have lead to corrupted, misguided systems that make us believe that we need material things and bajillions of dollars to be happy and live well. Living simply has become overrated … I am not a fan. As I sit here in front of my very own laptop, wearing my brand new leather boots in my fully furnished apartment at this excellent private, liberal arts university, yes, I realize this is a bit hypocritical. Where to turn for solace in that? Not sure.