I could learn a lesson or two from Danbox.
As I watch
him from a distance sitting patiently in the grass with his back up against a
tree, and always that introspective look upon his face; he looks so much more
relaxed than I ever feel.
Is this what
it takes to feel calm? A simple act of resting against something stronger than
your ambitious will alone?
Perhaps I am
reading his expression wrong? Could he be missing something? Or someone? Could
his mind be as restless as my own?
Does he feel
as excited and as overwhelmed as I do? Does he hold strong and fast to the
values that have led me to this moment?
Does he know
what happens next?
I watch him
for more than a few moments, he doesn’t move at all, and there is nothing in
his stare that focuses on anything in this physical realm. I know he is deeper
in thought now than ever before. He looks to be meditating with his eyes open,
as if he is analyzing his next move or the moves of another?
He doesn't
show his cards or his weakness openly very often. He tries to succeed in many
things that would overwhelm even the most hardened of scorned people, and he
does not beat himself up for any failures in trying to do so either.
He stands
against every titan in his path, and despite the ever present danger of
drowning, he searches deep below the surface for the answers that matter, the
answers that most of us choose to never uncover; the answers that might just
free us from this familiar cage.
No matter
what challenge he faces, no matter what monolithic structure stands before him,
he never seems to let go of hope and faith, in himself, or in others. Yes, I
could learn a thing or two from Danbox couldn’t I?
No matter the
confusion and intense speed of thoughts and desires, no matter the amount of
pressure placed upon him from his heavy heart, no matter what, he takes the
time to sit and wait it out, to search within for clarity, and act when it
arrives.
I can tell
that he knows the way to meditate properly on something, how to sit patiently,
how to accept everything and anything, and still question it all.
I have more than a few things to learn from this
little box man, and perhaps it is time that I simply sit and rest my back
against something stronger than my ambitious will alone?
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