So close is the maddening feeling that maybe there could be a job or maybe you might get a bill paid. Or that maybe you might get your daughter something for Christmas this year. Or that maybe you count for something. So close!

So far away is the idea that you will ever get a decent job. So far away is the idea that you can possibly get your kid something for Christmas this year. So far away.

What we are actually so close, and so far away from is a tiny, tiny, tiny piece of peace of mind or sanity.

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So close and so far away is the contentment that one ought to feel when looking at the mountains, because under all those trees are people fighting to live.