Several weeks ago I wrote about the earnest young spiritual seeker who asked a wise old Buddhist monk where one could go to find enlightenment, and the monk answered "Stay where you are."
Though the monk's answer might seem like some kind of smart-aleck double-talk riddle, I think that his point was that happiness won't necessarily be found by traveling someplace. The old man was challenging the kid to find his answers in the here and now.
I like to remind myself of the monk's advice when I start getting fidgety and thinking that I need to go someplace to find photographs. Both of the pictures posted here were found just a few steps from my front door.
I think the old monk was there with me.
