i have a hypothesis

there are two ways something can enter our lives:

some things we see out of the corner of our eye. we turn our heads and follow as it continues to whirl past in a giant circle, time and time again. but the wheel of karma never stops spinning, and we chase the things that can never be caught. these are the things we are destined to lose, and they enter our lives only that they may leave.

some things are so far down the road that we do not see them right away. one day we see a speck on the horizon, indistinguishable from all those other dots that coalesce into the mist we call the future. but there is no reason to dwell on this speck, no reason to stare into the mist, no reason to do anything. we keep on walking. gradually the speck grows clearer, little by little, day by day. we keep on walking. by the time it's close enough to see, we are no longer looking for some goal or meaning. we just keep on walking.

in our naivete - and hubris - we forget that we do not lead, we are led. we confuse the things that lie directly in our path for the things that are merely passing through our field of vision.

but the dharma can never be lost, no matter how many circles we chase. we keep on walking, eventually it is revealed:

the unfolding of a rose at midnight.

let the experiment begin.