Something beautiful I read today:
"The most incredible thing about goldfish, however, is their memory. Everyone pities them for only remembering their last three seconds, but in fact, to be so forcibly tied to the present -- it's a gift. They are free. No moping over missteps, slip-ups, faux pas or disturbing childhoods. No inner demons. Their closets are light filled and skeleton free. And what could be more exhilarating than seeing the world for the very first time, in all of its beauty, almost thirty thousand times a day? How glorious to know that your Golden Age wasn't forty years ago when you still had all your hair, but only three seconds ago, and thus, very possibly it's still going on, this very moment." -- from Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Plus:
“Sartaj was thinking about how uncanny an animal this life was, that you had to seize it and let go of it at the same time, that you had to enjoy but also plan, live every minute and die every moment.” -- from Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra (which I read via The Happiness Project, which is SUCH a great site.)
Also:
(also found on The Happiness Project)
Listening: Imbris, "Just a Tree"
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