"at some point in life, the world's beauty becomes enough." toni morrisonhow true. how much of my life i squandered, looking for The Reason for Being. only to find out that the whole point, after all, was just to be here. now.
i have this thing, like a quirk. (okay, if you ask my therapist, he'll tell you that i have alot of them). but my big thing is what i see first thing every morning. i believe it sets the mood for the rest of the day. wake up in beauty, walk in beauty. that's one of the main reasons i prefer to sleep outside.
the top picture is the view out of the back of the van when it is parked across the road from the house. i sleep there alot, don't waste gas driving anywhere. i don't need to. i am fortunate to be surrounded by open spaces right where i am.
the bottom picture was taken one morning from underneath a leanto behind my house. you can see my breath clouding in the cold. i don't blame folks for thinking i'm nuts, sleeping outside at my age. but what a rush, opening my eyes and the first thing i see is that sky. it imprints in your brain, setting up a buffer for the garbage that assaults your spirit the rest of the day.
pretty cheap therapy, if you ask me.
That's why I always want to sleep with my head toward an eastern-facing window. If I can't, I feel weird and boxed in. That first light shining wakes me up and I look out at the dawn. I think you are very sensible!
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