The Flight Risk

by Macon Leigh

the red thread of fate—this Eastern myth that argues that people who are meant to be in our lives are connected to us by an invisible red thread. This thread cannot be broken, no matter how twisted or tangled or stretched it becomes. You cannot cut your red thread. It is impossible to sever this tie. These people are soulmates.

we suffer through our existence because nothing is permanent, but we want everything to be.” I guess I looked confused, because she clarified, “Trying to make life or relationships or whatever permanent when nothing is—that’s why we suffer. We cause our suffering because we try to make our lives what they were never meant to be.”

“So, to be truly happy, to really not suffer, you have to embrace that nothing lasts forever.”