I need a sunset to look at that paints the sky at dusk. I need to see some water, maybe the trickle of a babbling brook down a mountain, or maybe Core Sound on the Carolina coast when it’s as slick as glass. I want peace for the world. Does the world seem too loud, too boisterous, just too overwhelming? It’s a rat race, days running into the next one, 24 hour cycles of living, working, meeting everyone’s expectations, being as efficient as we can with everything we do. When do we just stop for a minute, take a breath, and ask ourselves, are we being good humans? Are we in service to others? Are we taking good physical and mental care of ourselves? Or are we all the hamster in the wheel, just spinning, being conditioned on how to think, eat, speak?
