“The wealth I have won in my life I cannot bring with me.
What I can bring is only the memories precipitated by love.” – Steve Job
His words strike a core in me. Last night, I drove home. It was a nice drive, dark. Something about the dark always makes me feel something, like something sacred. I had arrived at work only to find I did not have a shift. As I drove, I reflected – this could be seen as a loss, waste of gas and time. I had noticed I do not like to lose in life and would find ways to turn losing situation into learning situations, turning loss into gain.
Last night, thinking on this, I thought, what is loss in life? Often what we think is loss is not loss and what we perceive as gain is not gain. If I win a lottery, that would be a gain in my eyes but is it? Steve Job would tell me otherwise. If I lose a shift, is that a loss? It need not be, I would not be driving home in the dark, enjoying the drive.
At the end, as Near Death Experiences people would tell us, only love remain. Everything weigh on love. Yet caught up in daily life, I get myopic. That is why I like meditation. For the space of that time, I am reminded, there is more to life.
The Quiet Land 