“The blue mountains are of themselves blue mountains.  The white clouds are of themselves white clouds.”

Zenrin Kushû

Your everlasting summer, you can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last
You wouldn’t know a diamond if you held it in your hand
The things you think are precious I can’t understand.

Steely Dan:  Reeling in the years

you lay in the grass and watch the planes fly high above you, make imaginary destinations if you could wish yourself aboard.  you realize that while the exotic and the new are always welcome, there is nothing, absolutely nothing better than right here, right now, with the people you are with.  no amount of dreams of blue turtles or koans of enlightenment will let you see what is right in front of you.