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The great tragedy isn’t discovering that life is meaningless. It’s discovering that the meaningful part was happening constantly, quietly, in ordinary rooms, while attention was fixed somewhere else… (On to the next thing) The thing that had to get done. The problem that had to be solved. The argument that had to be won. The future that had to be secured before anyone was allowed to relax. Meanwhile, somebody was standing in the kitchen telling a story they had already told before. Somebody was laughing from another room. Somebody reached over in bed without waking up all the way. A kid wanted to show something completely unremarkable for the tenth time. A friend stayed another twenty minutes even though the conversation had already ended twice. Nothing historic was happening. Nobody knew to mark the moment. That’s what makes it brutal. Humans know when the wedding is. They know when the graduation is. They know when the promotion happens, the deal closed, when the house closes, when the verdict comes in, when the goal is finally reached. There is no announcement for the last ordinary Tuesday. No one says “pay attention. This is the last time this particular group of humans will all be sitting around this table. This is the last winter that voice will come from the other room. This is the last year that child will ask to be picked up. This is the last stupid joke that will make both of them laugh until neither can breathe. Most of life does not arrive looking important. It looks like dishes. Car rides. Grocery stores. Someone wandering into a room just to say something that could have waited. A hand on a shoulder while passing. A name lighting up a phone. Being known well enough that an explanation can be skipped. Maybe that is what the company kept actually is. Not a supporting cast around a life. The place the life was happening. And there is no way to know what any of it means in the end. Maybe accomplishments matter. Maybe legacy matters. Maybe there is something beyond all of this that changes the scale entirely. Maybe there isn’t. But it is hard to look at a human grieving and believe the missing thing was ever the résumé. It is usually something painfully small. His coffee mug still in the cabinet. Her side of the bed. The empty chair. The person who always sent the ridiculous video first. The one human who remembered a version of someone that nobody else ever met. That is the part that gets me. A human can spend decades trying to build a meaningful life while meaning is already sitting three feet away, asking what sounds good for dinner. The meaningful part was never hiding. It was ordinary enough to be overlooked.
The great tragedy isn’t discovering that life is meaningless. It’s discovering that the meaningful part was happening constantly, quietly, in ordinary rooms, while attention was fixed somewhere else… (On to the next thing) The thing that had to get done. The problem that had to be solved. The argument that had to be won. The future that had to be secured before anyone was allowed to relax. Meanwhile, somebody was standing in the kitchen telling a story they had already told before. Somebody was laughing from another room. Somebody reached over in bed without waking up all the way. A kid wanted to show something completely unremarkable for the tenth time. A friend stayed another twenty minutes even though the conversation had already ended twice. Nothing historic was happening. Nobody knew to mark the moment. That’s what makes it brutal. Humans know when the wedding is. They know when the graduation is. They know when the promotion happens, the deal closed, when the house closes, when the verdict comes in, when the goal is finally reached. There is no announcement for the last ordinary Tuesday. No one says “pay attention. This is the last time this particular group of humans will all be sitting around this table. This is the last winter that voice will come from the other room. This is the last year that child will ask to be picked up. This is the last stupid joke that will make both of them laugh until neither can breathe. Most of life does not arrive looking important. It looks like dishes. Car rides. Grocery stores. Someone wandering into a room just to say something that could have waited. A hand on a shoulder while passing. A name lighting up a phone. Being known well enough that an explanation can be skipped. Maybe that is what the company kept actually is. Not a supporting cast around a life. The place the life was happening. And there is no way to know what any of it means in the end. Maybe accomplishments matter. Maybe legacy matters. Maybe there is something beyond all of this that changes the scale entirely. Maybe there isn’t. But it is hard to look at a human grieving and believe the missing thing was ever the résumé. It is usually something painfully small. His coffee mug still in the cabinet. Her side of the bed. The empty chair. The person who always sent the ridiculous video first. The one human who remembered a version of someone that nobody else ever met. That is the part that gets me. A human can spend decades trying to build a meaningful life while meaning is already sitting three feet away, asking what sounds good for dinner. The meaningful part was never hiding. It was ordinary enough to be overlooked.

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