Today, I’m a blanket.

Feeling spread thin.

There are so many people stumbling around beneath me,

I don’t know where to begin.

It’s a rather foggy existence—

Living as a cloud.

So today I’m feeling gloomy

and giving this place a shroud.

It’s not that I don’t like them,

the people in this place.

I’m just often disappointed

when I meet them face-to-face.

I know they’re just people,

the same as you and me.

But I want to meet people who make me feel alive.

And free.

That’s a lot to ask.

After all, we’re just people.

Just primates that evolved to rule our space rock.

But don’t we all want the same things?

To love and be loved?

To have amazing experiences in amazing places with amazing people?

To make a difference on this planet, on our society, before we’re gone?

Of course.

But (and there’s always a but) that doesn’t make it any easier.

Everyone on this planet needs—doesn’t want—needs access to food, water, and shelter.

But does everyone get them?

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Ask yourself the following in the order they’re written:

1. Do you have access to safe food, water, and shelter?

2. Have you had all of the exhilarating and fulfilling experiences and formed all of the meaningful relationships you could possibly want?

3. Are you ok with that? You are ok with that.

Because you are

incredible.

To be clear: that was not a question.

If you’re asking yourself the second question,

if you’re considering those things,

that’s enough.

That’s enough to be incredible.

That’s enough to be human.

You will never be able to answer “yes” to the second question.

So the third question isn’t a question at all.

It’s a fact of life.

But I think I’ve come to realize

it’s ok to be a cloud.

It’s ok to ask the third question

even though you’re not allowed.

It might get you feeling foggy

and make you want to drift away.

It might make you feel despondent,

like I’m feeling today.

Clouds are simply weather

like the temperature today.

So I’ll keep asking that third question

while the wind blows me away.