By David Uzochukwu

SuperMoon by pangea.

Cologne, Germany.

Randy: One night I got a call - a P-300 downtown. There was a bumper sticker on one of the cars, and it said, "Happiness is a choice." I mean, I know it sounds crazy, but it changed my life. I mean, I made a decision right there. I chose to be happy. I mean, I really believe that. I mean, you have the power. You can choose to be happy.

Monk: I guess I should read more bumper stickers.

Randy: [yawning] Everybody should. Okay, it's late. I'm gonna to go sack out.

Monk: Yeah, good night.

Randy: See you in the morning.

Monk: Wait a minute. P-300? Isn't that a fatality?

Randy: Yeah, it was pretty ugly. The driver hit a tractor-trailer head on. He and his wife were both DOA.

Monk: And this was the car that had the bumper sticker, "Happiness is a choice"?

Randy: Yeah, that's right. Well, actually, it was on fire when I got there, so it was hard to read.

Monk: And this didn't deter you or make you think twice?

Randy: [shrugs] It was an epiphany, Monk. You can't just choose where you get it. I mean it could come from a guru on a mountaintop, or it could be from a bumper sticker on a burning Subaru.

Sometimes I zone out so hard that I become aware that I’ve zoned and don’t feel like refocusing

hearing anyone conflict with your opinion on something important to you and immediately being flung into an identity crisis and panic for many days/weeks even if you’ve already been over and over it in your head a million times before :^)

Goodnight moon🌙

nature series 4/∞