Leap Out of Your Self

Follow a path that is trod by no footsteps down to a flowing river. There is a fish in the water that has swallowed your joy. Watch it leap, its silver form diving into the air for no reason at all. It has no feet, but watch it dance anyway. See how it gulps the air that would kill it, teasing death, then plunging back into the sparkling river water again. Sit yourself down by the clear and rushing flow, politely address the dancing fish, be respectful. Ask it to share its joy, for there are no parts to joy, it cannot be divided or parceled, remember that you once came from the water, you still have its salt within you. The fish will see this and it will offer you the joy that never left you - you left it.