is the goal, not posting a video, watching a video, reading to be smart, to look smart, not making money to buy things online, not trying to appear cool, with photos of vacations to beaches, to mountains, co-opted nature into image, brand, style, so they will notice, not listening to music, the latest, the popular, the ai generated beats of computerized algorithms, not absorbing the news, not musk, bezos, gates, or white house, or made up stories about clint eastwood hitting muhammad ali, not running or exercise, or talking about running or exercise, or posting photos of protein-enhanced smoothies to live forever, not podcasts with wisdom & sponsors & ads, so many ads, not anything, nothing, except maybe god or the universe, or breathing, yes, just that.
Category: Silence
Advice
the waiting is the poem, listen more, speak less, pray when you need to, sometimes every morning when it is still & dark, stretch, read, meditate, swim in cold water, eat chocolate when you need to, remember -they are not thinking about you, breathe deeply near tall trees, let go & let god, love, love is all you need, repeat the words of dead singers, but give them credit (john lennon), cry when you need to, especially when you realize time goes by too fast, savor the moments, forgive yourself for using words like savor, be alone, but not lonely, create something, tell the truth, but not all the time.
Daniel W. Polk 