ENOUGH!
Enough.
That is a word I’ve used a lot the past two years. It fit an array of emotions. But, it is also a goal.
The writer C. K. Chesterton said, “There are two ways to get
enough: One is to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.” I seek a happiness that holds few possessions.
Less is enough. I still struggle to
embrace the knowledge that physical possessions are not permanent. . .and as
another move looms on the horizon, I find myself again considering the impermanence
of these things. Yet there are some things I desire - possessions that
lend themselves to happiness (see photo) - hence the struggle.
Yesterday, I ventured out in the world. . .ew, the world,
right?. . . armed with a few extra shekels in my pocket and the hope of
treating myself to a little something, something. Only to find my favorite vintage clothing shop
is now boarded up. The local museum shop is charging local museum shop prices
for an exhibit poster I thought I wanted. Even the two Taco places stumbled across were
closed. At the end of the day, the bounty proved the ultimate example of impermanence
- a coffee, dark chocolate, and a Sunday New York Times. Consumable possessions
that will be gone in a day, but it was enough.
This morning,
The sun is bright through the window
Deceiving me, blinding me
As the wind thrashes about the smaller trees
Suggesting a chill that the sun
Does not allow.
And as is always the case
I sit here, coffee in hand
It is hot
And it is enough.
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