Simple Pleasures
After many weeks of organizing, packing, preparing, delivering things here and there, cleaning, ordering and generally working towards putting Moneta to rest…
I finally took a break. And what better way to unwind and relax than to go fishing?
Looking to avoid any crowds I decided to visit one of the remote outposts on Yavin IV. The weather wasn’t bad …but it’s Yavin IV so that’s not saying it was good either. It’s never been a favorite fishing spot for me. The water has an odor to it I can’t quite describe and the bottom of the rivers and lakes tend to be dark and muddy. You often find that if you stand in the same place too long you slowly start to sink.
But I set out with the goal of catching a rare fish found only in this place, so I went. After a few hours with little to show for it, I sat on the shore, nibbled at the lunch I’d brought with me and thought about my shop.
There’s still quite a bit of organizing I’d like to do. The inventory has slowly been dwindling… though not as quickly as I’d like. I won’t have room to store all that is left once I fire the vendors. I should really try to sell off those remaining components since I won’t need those for a while… if ever…
And that’s about when it hit me. When had it become a forgone conclusion that I was closing up shop for good? I don’t remember ever making the conscious decision about that.
Maybe it was preparing for Moneta’s end. Did I just naturally extend that to my personal life? Did I just assume that everyone else’s departure should lead me to do the same?
Perhaps it was that dream. No doubt, it changed my perspective on all I have here. It was both a surprise and a relief to find that the greatest joy in life really does reside in those simple pleasures - putting in a hard day’s work, time with old friends and the opportunity to meet new ones, meeting challenges and finding ways to overcome them, taking the hard road and feeling the satisfaction of looking back at how far you’ve come….
I realized that I don’t need the shop, the factory, the vendors, the fancy trinkets, the big house, … I don’t need any of that to live and be happy. There is a simpler life out there than the one I’ve been trapped in for so long. And I’m ready to give it a try. Ready to give up my comforts for a taste of it.
Is this forever? I don’t really know. I know enough about how life works to never say never. But for now? For now I’m satisfied to put aside the life I’ve been living and get back to the simple things that make me happy.
Like catching this silly fish.
