Putting together my paper, I was looking at an interview with James Hillman- an interesting man to say the least. At the end of the interview, I took a second to stop thinking so deeply and just smile. I hate how much this poem related to my day- perhaps I ran into it for a reason. A poem by a Japanese Monk, Ikkyu-
"You do this, you do that
You argue left, you argue right
you come down, you go up
This person says no, you say yes
Back and forth
you are happy
you are really happy"
Hillman:
"What he is saying: stop all that nonsense. You're really happy. Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here."
Thanks a lot Will Smith for perceiving happiness as a pursuit.
Cheers to...Nothing.
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