I’ve logged more experience than most with simplicity and the complexity you discover inside simplicity, minimalism and asocial behavior, endurance and landscape.
Here is the truth: I think some deep wisdom inside me (a) sensed the stress, (b) was terrified for me, and (c) gave me something new and hard to focus on in order to prevent me from lapsing into a despair coma — and also to keep me from having a jelly jar of wine in my hand.
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Anyone too broke or hungry to know better will agree, Money is a blessing. You make money with a briefcase or a shovel but mostly by pretending. Movies about Lenny Bruce make money, and priests and cops make money, and they’ll tell you, Money isn’t everything. When I was a virgin, I thought making love would make a difference. Sometimes I still do. It’s like that with money.
Sy Safransky