So Many Stars
‘Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.’ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations * It’s an old story, really. Been told a few times too, I reckon. About an old man — well, not really old, not quite yet, anyway — but an old man who’s followed his heart and run into a few potholes along the road more or less traveled. A man you’d have thought was old enough to know better. My story, if you want to know the truth of it. I think I’ve got the beginning down, maybe...