great reminder!!
"Stop thinking, and end your problems. What difference between yes and no? What difference between success and failure? Must you value what others value, avoid what others avoid? How ridiculous!
Other people are excited as though they were at a parade. I alone don't care, I alone am expressionless like an infant before it can smile.
Other people have what they need; I alone possess nothing. I alone drift about, like someone without a home. I am like an idiot, my mind is so empty.
Other people are bright; I alone am dark. Other people are sharp; I alone am dull. Other people have a purpose; I alone don't know. I drift like a wave on the ocean, I blow as aimless as the wind.
I am different from ordinary people. I drink from the Great Mother's breasts."
From the Tao Te Ching
You are truly free when you have nothing and have nothing to lose. You are free when you give up the illusion of free will and control. You drift as calmly as a feather in the wind. Most people are always trying to go somewhere and become someone, never happy with the present moment. If you are not trying to do the same, you seem crazy and lazy, like the fool on the hill.