And yet your mind keeps scanning for the next thing to secure, as if peace is a prize that can be stored on a shelf.

Henry Miller’s words point straight at that kind of opening: "Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such."

They are asking you to find a way of belonging to the world without being swallowed by it.

On the surface, it says: the purpose of life is simply to be alive.