Irenebillion
Everyone leaves home in search of a blue bird.
For some, the blue bird is money.
For some, it is love.
For some, it is success, recognition, power, control, or the perfect version of themselves.
We believe that once we reach the summit, we will finally be happy. Once we have enough money, we will no longer be afraid. Once we are loved, we will no longer feel alone. Once we succeed, we will no longer doubt ourselves. Once we control our lives, we will finally be at peace.
But what happens after we reach the summit?
What happens when we have caught the blue bird, yet our hands still feel empty?
This book is not a simple story about finding happiness close to home. It is a meditation on the emptiness that comes after achievement, the collapse of our fixed images of happiness, and the quiet wisdom of impermanence.
The blue bird was never money, love, success, or control itself. It was the ability to recognize life while it is happening.
Happiness is not something we capture.
It is something we learn to see.