The Spin of the Ball

Enlightenment: I’m interested in enlightenment but I also like thinking. Some thoughts are helpful so I try to have those. I don’t really know how thinking works. Perhaps I can think my way to enlightenment. I think I’ve done it a few times. Sometimes when I’m bored at home or at work I remember to appreciate the present moment. I get right into it and it feels magical. As though I’m fully appreciating the miracle of existence. Or maybe I’m going crazy. Do you guys do stuff like this too?

Monkey: On my first day of school I thought I was Monkey from the TV show, “Monkey!” I thought I had special powers. I thought I could erase the lines on the basketball court to disrupt the students’ games. I didn’t talk to anyone for the first few months.

Offence: I’m trying not to take things personally. If someone says something rude to me in the store, I see it as a test. I just let it pass through me and I smile and sometimes laugh about it later. When I pass the test, I feel invincible. Like I have nothing to hide. Nothing to protect.

Dialogue:

“Oh that’s right, I can talk to you. Thank God, I thought I was going to be alone all day. How are you?”

“I don’t know.”

“Good.”

“Is it?”

“I think so.”

“What would you like to do now?”

“I’d like to write a blog post.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know.”

“Do you think she’s reading it?”

“Who?”

“The one you want to read it.”

“I don’t know. I don’t know who she is. Sometimes I think I know, but it was Green Day who said, ‘It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right.’ She could be anyone.”

“What about your relationship with me?”

“I’m sure she won’t mind. Perhaps, as our relationship gets stronger, she comes closer. Perhaps she will be an external representation of my internal relationship. I like to believe things like that.”

“Have you finished the blog post yet?”

“Yes.”