When children stick their hand down a narrow goody jar they can’t get their full fist out and start crying. Drop a few treats and you will get it out! Curb your desire – don’t set your heart on so many things and you will get what you need.*
Epictetus
There’s a thread you follow.
It goes among many things that change.
But it doesn’t change.**
William Stafford
We set our hearts on what really matters to us.^
There is much that sparkles or makes “good common sense”–
But gets in the way.
We keep exploring, discovering, experimenting, though–
Strengthening the thread,
Or whatever we may call it.^^
*Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic;
**William Seighart’s The Poetry Pharmacy;
^Why not write it out in black and white to make it more visible.
^^I refer to mine as a slow journey in the same direction.
THIN|SILENCE 