Playing With a Bird

Look! Squirrel! #41

Commentary

Sometimes we feel a vague unease that has no clear cause. The mind immediately treats that feeling as a problem to solve, diagnose, categorize, and expand, turning one mystery into eighty-eight worries. Meanwhile, life is still happening right now.

The Flower Capybara is holding a beautiful bird and enjoying the moment while the Squirrel has launched an industrial-scale investigation into a troubled feeling.

Question: When something feels off, do I always need to know why before I can enjoy what’s here?