You could attend a monastery and devote yourself to the service of God, but your family expects you to attend college and devote yourself to social status and material wealth. "Make something of your life," as if your dharmic path wouldn't lead you where you are anyway.
Really enjoying the modern conversational experience where the other party scoffs at you for free thinking, while overtly stating information that's incorrect as if it's fact, and me having no way to refute because they're busy watching a new TikTok reel on repeat
@ptichushka You're the good things, yeah, that's you
You're the icing on the cake on the table at my wake
You're the extra ton of cash in my sinking life raft
You're the loud sound of fun when I'm trying to sleep
You're the fllowers in my house when my allergies come out
Driving home and see two baby alpacas in the field barely able to stand up. Roll down my window to talk to them and they walk towards the fence. The adults are too busy eating grass, but the kids don’t care. They’re filled with curiosity. Realize I’m doing exactly what my mom did when I was a kid, talking to the llamas and bringing them snacks. God speaks to you through everything.
My mom was always my biggest advocate. Maybe my only true supporter. She stood on business for me more times than I could count. We were in the trenches together. She always knew she could count on me for anything.