The vibe

I sometimes wonder what it would be like to just ‘be’. Without thoughts and feelings running riot in your head.

In my late teens I spent a summer holiday with my girlfriend on a hippy commune. And I swear I just was.

The summer passed in a flash. It’s a good memory, absent of great detail but comprised of a strong vibe that persists to this day.

In this world that we live in there is constant thinking and feeling, the mental thrashing, that is required to thrive and survive. It’s a race in which opting out is extremely difficult.

Until you get plonked into a nursing home that is.