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January 26 - January 28, 2025
A long time from now, I’ll learn the word hiraeth, which describes a longing and homesickness for a place that can’t be returned to. It’s the missing of something irretrievably lost or that never existed at all.
Jeremiah Fraites
“But you held your course to some distant war / In the corners of your mind.”
It’s how much you walk (lots), how much time you spend with friends and community (four to six hours a day), and what you put in your mouth (mostly plants). It’s security and family and ownership and belonging. It’s purpose, play, place, and people and I’m becoming more and more confused by what happiness actually looks like.
Likewise, as much as wealth is often seen as a conduit to greater happiness, it’s actually generosity that makes us happier in the long term.
Giving, not having, is the gateway to joy.
Chasing the Scream,
