aworldofgoldfish:If I could go back to any point in my past… when I was in my mid-20s I had a
aworldofgoldfish:If I could go back to any point in my past… when I was in my mid-20s I had a greyhound dog which used to bite other dogs. So I had to take him for a walk in Clissold Park in Stoke Newington at one o’clock in the morning, when there were no other dogs around. There was this chestnut tree, and it had a very straight, thick branch which you could stand on. When my dog ran around I used to climb the tree and put headphones on and stand on this branch listening to music and just grooving quietly to myself. And one night I remember I looked up from the tree and I could see the stars.This is very hippie-ish. But I remember just thinking, for the first time, life is so extraordinary, life is so amazing. The branches are up there, the stars are above me, the roots are underneath the earth, my dog’s running around… You don’t need any ideology, you don’t need any approval. You don’t need religion. You only need to be in awe of life itself. And all the troubles that I grew up with just kind of receded because here was something greater; the incredible miracle of life itself.[source] - Rupert Graves -- source link
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