watching a wasp

It’s July 4th. Independence Day. My nation has fallen quickly into authoritarianism. ICE is abducting people. We’ve bombed Iran. They might denaturalize an opposition candidate. And I’m sitting on my porch, watching a wasp fly blades of glass to its nest in the ceiling.

In the back of my mind is Freedom. What it means. How to balance my Freedom with someone else’s and the constraints of Society.

But for now, I’m atching a wasp. Minds need rest. Minds need to wander. My greatest loss has been freetime and a wandering mind. It is a luxury and a privilege, but it also used to be rote and mundane.

The elimination of boredom… That is as pernicious as the modern ability to be lazy. We don’t have to walk, and we don’t have to be alone with our thoughts. We’re alread a few generations into a lazy world and experiencing the consequences. I believe we’re seeing what happnes when our minds don’t get rest. Funny how us humans avoid occupying the body while seeking to forever stimulate the mind.

So, I’m sitting here, watching a wasp. No screen to search the internert and figure out what it’s doing or why. Enjoying the not knowing, appreciating the moment, and letting my mind wander off, enjoying it’s natural state.