Enlightenment

Literally, "the tao", means "the way" or "the path", and it refers to both "the way to live a good and just life", and "the path to enlightenment". It seems that enlightenment is oft described as a moment in ones life when all of the sudden, all of life's questions are answered, and they are ascended into a higher state of conciousness. Whatever dude, that's wacky. I believe that enlightenment describes several moments in one's life, moments when you figure out little things, and over time, all of these little things add up, and they become a much bigger thing.

One could assume that if an engineer knew all of the parts of a machine extremely well, that he could be said to also know the machine itself. I feel that life is a machine, and that understanding the small pieces of it, will eventually lead to understanding the entire nature of it. I think enlightenment is accumulated over the years, and no-one ever realizes that they reach it, because they're "eased" into it.

Recently, I took another step to enlightenment. I was staring in my mirror, combing my hair, and I was having a tough time deciding "part it, or comb it back", and suddenly I realized that it doesn't matter. I'm 6'1" tall, which is "above average", for a person to see the top of my head with any clarity, they'd need to be at least 6'3, if not 6'4. I only know(personally) about 3 people in this world that are tall enough to see the top of my head. With this piece of knowlege in tow, I've gained freedom from worrying about how the top of my head is combed.

Oh, yeah, and MAYBE I DO WANNA BE A FRENCH FRY!