Minds

One of the most delightful pastimes is wandering through people’s minds and temperaments, for sometimes these thoughts and dispositions awaken you and place you on the path of another life.

One person who ponders deeply spoke about wastefulness, saying: “True waste is spending ten dollars on a cup of coffee to stimulate a mind that cannot produce an idea worth two dollars.”

Such is the world: some are created to think, while others are created to enjoy the thoughts and inventions of others; and for the latter, sleep lasts longer than wakefulness.

And tomorrow brings another day...

Zahid Matar