A Spark by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe from The Vision, chapter 39

Outliving usually means lasting longer. Here it means depth instead of length, and the example Innocent reaches for is deliberately humbling: “A mentally challenged person living on the streets can outlive most intelligent people.” That person never lives to please anyone else, is never afraid to express himself, and loves each day to the fullest whatever his circumstances. “Intelligence can make one stupid to the simple things in life.”

The freedom in view is small and ordinary. Time spent the way you actually want it, and more of it made for that. Wearing your hair long because you like it that way, giving not one second to what anyone thinks. A life that pleases you will please some people and not others, and that is fine.

So deeper moments aren’t grand highs. They come of simplifying, keeping your eye on the bigger picture, and not getting lost painting the fine details of the wrong one.