be young! be young! since the world was fixed and ordained, and would not let you touch the least of all its vested and endowed and chartered disharmonies
America is dotted with mid-sized regional hub cities like Chattanooga that are in general the closest to a best of all possible worlds as far as urban life/rural life mixture a place can get, lots of cultural activities and cool urban aesthetics with generally more manageable traffic and lower cost of living than the “big” cities.
People in the big cities spend much of their time shitting on these lovely manageably sized regional hubs because they’ve never been to them and are by and large the most provincial closed minded people you’ll ever meet
he asked what im up to. i was like uhhh in all honesty im gonna bring 3 high noons to the pool and drink until noon and then go to the twins game. he looked me dead in the eyes and said im so jealous.
made me chuckle. the grass do be looking greener
a gentlemen i talk to from time to time at the gym and i got to chatting at the lockers. he told me all about his workout and the swimming lessons his son and daughter have on deck later. it made me a bit melancholy. comparison is the thief of joy or whatever.