I used to really, really love rain. Now it raises my blood pressure. The difference is that now I’m a homeowner who has had more than one rain-related disaster in my home.
The ability to run around in the rain, enjoying the chaos, is an ability borne from invincibility. And there is only one true form of invincibility – having nothing to lose.
As long as you have something, you have something to fear. I’m not saying it’s automatically preferable to have nothing, but maybe just understand that every last thing you get in life you buy with a little bit of vulnerability. The more you have, the higher your tower? The farther you have to look down.
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