Living Free

I hope you can get to this journal entry that is linked here, written by oxbow on democraticunderground.com. I read it today and it just hit home with me, on many levels of my life, not just about the political climate.

After reading the story and thinking of the background of our political issues and my own situations recently, the last paragraph was so refreshing:

We enjoy the little things that bring us joy. The warm sun on our bare skin, the taste of a really good meal, the pleasure of good company, all of these are things we can enjoy even in the darkest hours. The universe could have been made so that such things didn’t bring us pleasure. There is no reason why a flower HAS to be beautiful, or sex MUST feel as good as it does. Miraculously though, it is and it does! Try and remember that when things are rough, and you’ll do just fine. And when you catch yourself enjoying life, say a quick thank you. Thank the universe for being the way it is, and yourself for being the way you are, which is good enough on both accounts.

Thank you, oxbow! Nonattachment: The essence of living free.