the coffee break βοΈ
during the coffee break, a worker broke their coffee cup. a small sparrow erupted from the puddle left behind as if diving headfirst into the world ... into the unknown. months later, its chicks would return to this same break table. they thought: this is home! one must forgive them, it is sometimes difficult not to mistake a cup of coffee for a warm nest.
if having a cup of coffee is a blasΓ© return to the quotidian, then thatβs just not good enough. however, if one embraces the coffee as a meaningful part of oneβs existence, for example, as an affirmation that life is worth living, then choose your espresso and leap into the day.
β skye c. cleary, should i kill myself or have a cup of coffee? the stoics and existentialists agree on the answer